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The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences

From the automobile to the rocket ship, from chewing gum to the TV dinner, from the first face in a photograph to the first voice on the telephone, the world has been forever changed by impossible tec... Read more

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Miss Draper: The First Woman Ever Photographed

Miss Draper: The First Woman Ever Photographed

Dorothy Catherine Draper is a truly forgotten figure in American history. She was the first woman to ever sit for a phot... Read more

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Every Day Is Thanksgiving: The History of the TV Dinner

Every Day Is Thanksgiving: The History of the TV Dinner

American eating habits were transformed in the early 20th century with innovations in freezing and refrigeration, allowi... Read more

18 Nov 2016

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Making the Pledge of Allegiance

Making the Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance feels like an American tradition that traces itself back to the Founding Fathers, but, in fact,... Read more

16 Dec 2016

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The Calling: Thomas Watson and the First Telephone

The Calling: Thomas Watson and the First Telephone

You may know the story of Alexander Graham Bell and his world famous invention. You may know that Bell made the very fir... Read more

2 Dec 2016

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Franklin Gothic: The Invention of Benjamin Franklin

Franklin Gothic: The Invention of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin did more in his first forty years than most people do in an entire lifetime. Had he not played a pivot... Read more

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The Secret History of Soft Drinks: A Tale In Four Flavors

The Secret History of Soft Drinks: A Tale In Four Flavors

There is something very, very bizarre about a can of soda.  How did this sugary, bubbly beverage – dark brown, or neon o... Read more

20 Jun 2017

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The Bowery Wizards: A History of Early American Tattoos

The Bowery Wizards: A History of Early American Tattoos

The art of tattooing is as old as written language but it would require the contributions of a few 19th century New York... Read more

19 May 2017

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Nikola Tesla and the Wireless World

Nikola Tesla and the Wireless World

The Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla is known as one of the fathers of electricity, the curious genius behind alternating c... Read more

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Josephine and the Dish-Washing Machine

Josephine and the Dish-Washing Machine

Of the tens of thousands of U.S. patents granted in the 19th century, only a small fraction were held by women. One of t... Read more

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The Cow and The Country Boy (The First Vaccine)

The Cow and The Country Boy (The First Vaccine)

This is the story of the first vaccine, perhaps one of the greatest inventions in modern human history. Starring -- a co... Read more

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