The Things You Never Knew Existed Catalog is a division of The Johnson Smith Company, one of America's oldest catalogs companies. In 1905, their founder, Alfred Johnson Smith, started selling his novelties and practical jokes in Australia. During the 1920s and 1930s, practical jokes and home hobbies provided an escape for people wracked with economic struggle brought on by WWI and the Great Depression. Today, the TYNKE catalog is still filled with exciting novelties online, toys, games, gadgets, unique books, DVDs and more entertaining gift ideas that provide hours of escape.