History

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The Hamburger: A Quintessential American Meal

The hamburger is a part of our national identity. But how did the U.S. come to "own" the little beef cake sandwiches?

Idaho Potato Museum

Five Funky Food Museums

Here's a quick look at five funky food museums worth visiting, including ones devoted to SPAM, mustard and Pez

Pulp wood (but not the kind that may appear in your cheese or bread).

The Wood in Your Food

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The Diplodocus Tripod

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A Delayed Tyrannosaurus Showdown

O.C. Marsh's conception of an eight-spiked Stegosaurus

The Myth of the Eight-Spiked Stegosaurus

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Bringing Dinosaurs Up to Speed

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The Birth of Brunch: Where Did This Meal Come From Anyway?

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A 1980s Look at Smithsonian Dinosaurs

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The Evolution of the Modern Kitchen

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How Tyrannosaurus Lost a Finger

Tab soda cans

Inviting Writing: Addicted to Tab

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May 2011 Anniversaries

May 2011 Anniversaries

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Help the New York Public Library Digitize Its Menus

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When Dinosaurs Were New

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Will the Dinosaurs Return?

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Food Dye Origins: When Margarine Was Pink

Fort Sumter

A Necessary Conflict

And an opportunity for re-examination

Yuri Gagarin

April 2011 Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

Col. Elmer Ellsworth became the first officer to die in the Civil War when he was gunned down by an innkeeper in Alexandria, Virginia.

How Col. Ellsworth’s Death Shocked the Union

It took the killing of their first officer to jolt the North into wholeheartedly supporting the Union cause

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