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independence day

Before America Got Uncle Sam, It Had to Endure Brother Jonathan

Brash, bold, and bigoted, he made for an uneasy national mascot.
July 4, 2019
Gastro Obscura
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fraud

The Tomato Pill Craze

How a war over cure-all pills convinced Americans to eat tomatoes.
October 16, 2017
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sleep

The Once-Common Practice of Communal Sleeping

What's a shared bed between colleagues, anyway?
June 22, 2017
Gastro Obscura
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features

Eating Spaghetti by the Fistful Was Once a Neapolitan Street Spectacle

Tourists flocked to see the "macaroni eaters" cram noodles into their mouths.
May 8, 2017
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garbage week

The 19th-Century Night Soil Men Who Carted Away America’s Waste

Cities used to be literally full of crap.
March 15, 2016