The decade that kicked off the 20th Century was responsible for two inventions that helped define the next 100 years. The airplane and the radio set the planet on a course to becoming truly a global ...

Bowl of chocolate covered raisins on a brown cloth - BeataGFX/Shutterstock Raisinets are the perfect movie theater snack. For those who've never tried them, they're a plump raisin covered in chocolate ...

Hugo Gernsback was a pioneer in the world of science fiction during the first half of the 20th century—so much so that the Hugo Awards are named after him. But Gernback also edited serious tech ...

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A wire-enclosed "baby cage" was invented in 1922 to suspend toddlers outside of apartment building windows to get “proper fresh air.” We fact-checked this claim in November 2023 and found the peculiar ...