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Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor For girls who want curls, the Lady Sunbeam Vista model VHD-9 provided the “fastest, easiest way to always enjoy lovelier hair” without a salon appointment. From the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Red and blue make purple, except for when one eye sees red and the other blue, then the eye is tricked into seeing a three-dimensional (3-D) image.…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Nearly two centuries following the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, their young Native American guide was honored on an American dollar coin. Born as a…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Quarter or dollar? After the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin was introduced in 1979, users quickly discovered it was hard to distinguish from the Washington quarter…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainAssistant Editor I Vote, you vote, we all vote for ice cream! Generations of Kansas Citians “voted” for Velvet Freeze Ice Cream after the St. Louis brand expanded operations…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Someone’s in the kitchen with Reddy Kilowatt! Get out your rolling pin and bake up some cookies for the kids featuring the mascot for electrical services and…
adminDorri Partain Assistant Editor Who cut the cheese? And the butter and the egg? Following the American Industrial Revolution of the late 19th Century, inventors were busy devising all types of…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor For over 100 years, felt pennants have been a colorful way to show team spirit, whether at the stadium or on your bedroom wall. To this day,…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Following the attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, American citizens faced shortages of certain items. Whether these items were being shipped overseas to support the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor The mid-Twentieth Century “Space Race” inspired a Number One hit for a little-known British band. Launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962,…
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