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erniesmith

Founder of the Tedium newsletter and ShortFormBlog

http://tedium.co

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Does Taco Bell Hot Sauce Expire and Everything Else About Sauce Packets You Never Thought To Ask

January 11, 2016

The Twisted Things People Have Done For A Klondike Bar

January 4, 2016

The Great Failure of Andrew Carnegie's Simplified Spelling Lobby

December 14, 2015

How Microsoft Created a Revolution in Soviet Computing

December 8, 2015

The Interstate Highways That Don’t Follow the Rules

December 7, 2015

How The Hidden Track Faded From Recorded Music

November 30, 2015

How U.S. Drinking Laws Created the Fake ID Market

November 9, 2015

Why Can't the World Just Pick One Design for Plugs?

November 2, 2015

The Simple, Elegant History of the Swiss Army Knife

October 5, 2015

From Metal Coins to Venmo: A History of America's Credit Cards

September 14, 2015

A Lawn Day’s Journey from Scythes and Donkeys to Power Mowers

September 8, 2015

Margarine Used To Be Pink, and More Colorful Tales From The Food Dye Industry

August 31, 2015

electrical oddities

The Weird History of Hand Dryers Will Blow You Away

August 24, 2015

The History of Fake Meat Starts With the Seventh-Day Adventist Church

August 17, 2015

Before the Band-Aid, People Used Honey and Sugar to Wrap Wounds

August 10, 2015

The History of Vending Machines Goes Back to the 1st Century

Brazil Is an Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo

The Art of Quitting