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Sliced bread had never been automated before Otto Rohwedder unveiled his “power-driven, multi-bladed bread slicer” at Chillicothe Baking Company on...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:34
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Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries – but Os...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A well-known fruit with a not-so-well-known history.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: The practice of cheesemaking goes back many centuries in various cultures around the world. (A page from the 14th century Medieval handbook Taccuino Sanitatis from the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome, Italy)
Central Europeans developed a dairying culture at least 4,000 years before they evolved the ability to digest milk.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Duluth writer Connie Wanek is the author of three books, most recently "On Speaking Terms" from Copper Canyon Press. She has received several award...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
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Farmers are turning to "companion planting," an agricultural trick that Native Americans came up with centuries ago.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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The story behind the word "apron"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:33