How We Got Frozen Food

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Business Insider often has short little historical pieces about industries or processes. I enjoyed this one about how Capt. Birdseye put frozen foods into every freezer in North America.

Today, frozen foods are cemented into American society, but they were not always pic.twitter.com/YRbJfyNVYV

— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) November 24, 2021

Night Music: Take Five

The New Finds The Old

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After twenty-five years of fine service our washing machine died last week. The new one arrived this morning.

As the old machine has been an unmovable fixture for a quarter century, we were sure we’d find a lot of grime and maybe a pile of missing socks down there. There was grime aplenty but no socks. There were, however, THIRTY-SIX white plastic hangers strewn behind, beside, and under the machine! Who knew they were even missing?

On The Origin of Origins

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First published on this day, 24th November 1859. Rarely has any book had such an effect on human knowledge and understanding.