Fad in American colleges in the late 1930s
The act of swallowing live goldfish was a fad popularized in American colleges in the late 1930s.[1]
- ^ Meyer, Amelia (January 12, 2011). "1939: The year of goldfish gulping". National Museum of American History Behring Center. Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Retrieved March 13, 2019.