independence day
Before America Got Uncle Sam, It Had to Endure Brother Jonathan
Brash, bold, and bigoted, he made for an uneasy national mascot.
Articles by Adee Braun
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food
The Tomato Pill Craze
How a war over cure-all pills convinced Americans to eat tomatoes.
victorian
The Once-Common Practice of Communal Sleeping
What's a shared bed between colleagues, anyway?
food
Eating Spaghetti by the Fistful Was Once a Neapolitan Street Spectacle
Tourists flocked to see the "macaroni eaters" cram noodles into their mouths.
urban planning
The 19th-Century Night Soil Men Who Carted Away America’s Waste
Cities used to be literally full of crap.
