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22 Photos That Capture the Unlikely Rise of a Global Fast Food Powerhouse
McDonald’s is, by far and without debate, among the most iconic American institutions that have ever been exported to the rest of…
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21 Shelf-Stable Wonders from the 60s and 70s That Lasted Longer Than You Might Expect
We all have those pantry items that have overstayed their welcome. A jar of unopened pickles from a forgotten summer barbecue or…
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17 Things You’d Only Understand If You Went to School Below the Mason-Dixon Line in the 1970s
Every region of the United States has its own flair and flavor of cultural nuances. In the South, folks talk with a…
21 Photos of Forgotten Businesses That Once Defined Your Neighborhood (And Your Childhood)
Our local economies seem to go through cycles every several years. Where we once had access to a bustling Main Street, even…
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18 Forgotten “Pink-Collar” Jobs That Were Reserved for Women in the 60s and 70s
American work culture has come a long way since the gender-exclusionary days of the 1960s and 1970s. And while we still have…
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19 Job Perks from the 70s That Millennials Can Only Dream Of Today
It’s only natural that our economy will change as technological developments and AI start to saturate the markets. Job structure, corporate structure–all…
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19 Ways Boys and Girls Were Taught Differently in Schools in the 1950s
While we live in a world where gender roles have entered a cultural forum for conversation and exploration, the 1950s weren’t exactly…
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20 Discontinued Fast Food Favorites Through the Decades
Fast food chains seem to be constantly marketing new products, looking for that next big mega-hit, inspiring drive-through lines that wrap around…
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Prices of the 25 Most-Used Household Items in the 1960s (with Today’s Equivalents!)
It’s a fact of modern-day life that in order to live comfortably and raise a family, we must spend our money to…
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20 of the Oldest Roadside Attractions You Can Still Visit Today
The Great American Roadtrip has long been ingrained into our nation’s collective psyche. We wax poetic in song lyrics, film scripts, and…
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21 Everyday Things from the 1960s That Seem Like Luxuries Now
It’s easy to take the luxuries of our current, modern-day lives for granted. We’re often too busy wishing we had something better…
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15 Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photos That Depict the History of Old Hollywood
It’s tempting for us to wax poetic about the golden era of Hollywood for all its glamour and grace. The truth of…
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The 20 Most Popular Dog Breeds By Decade
We are, without a doubt, living in the Golden Age of the Domesticated Dog. Better research has led to better food and…
23 Things We Resolved to Do in the New Year in the 1980s and Forgot About by February
Once Christmas is in the rearview mirror, we really start to think about our New Year’s resolutions. After all that merry-making when…
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19 Forgotten ’90s School Supplies That Kids Were Obsessed With
If we’re being honest with ourselves, going to school wasn’t always something we looked forward to. There were the pressures of tests…
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17 Photos of Forgotten Shopping Catalog Gems from the ’70s and ’80s
Catalogs represent a bygone era in our culture of shopping. What started as a marvelous convenience for shoppers who could order whatever…
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These Are the 18 Hardest Things to Explain to a Time Traveler from the 1950s
It can be easy to get stuck in a rut and forget that the world is in a constant state of flux…
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30 Timeless Christmas Snacks That Bring Back All the Holiday Memories
Christmas in America varies its traditions state by state and family by family. One thing most of us can agree on, however,…
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23 Retro Christmas Toys from the 60s and 70s That Remind Us Why the Classics Are Hard to Forget
Nothing ever seemed quite as important as the toys we most hoped Santa would bring us for Christmas. It was all we…
23 Christmas Toys Kids Begged for in the ’80s and ’90s but Forgot About by February
When we’re kids, life is all about the present moment. We see a commercial for a toy on TV, and it’s all…
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21 Famous Figures Throughout History Who Were Born on Christmas
While Christmas has become a sacred time for families all over the world to celebrate the season and all the joys and…
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20 Forgotten But Timeless Christmas Cocktails That Are 70s and 80s Retro Treasures
When family and friends begin to draw near, we often see this occasion as an opportunity to, well, drink. Whether you’re drinking…
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21 Untold Stories Behind ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ You Won’t Believe
It’s a Wonderful Life has enchanted viewers for more than seventy years. What was originally received by a lukewarm audience has become…
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20 Forgotten Wedding Trends Only ’80s Brides Will Remember
Weddings are a time when a bride typically gets to exercise her sense of taste over every aspect of her nuptial event.…
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Photos of the Most Iconic Christmas Foods, State by State
People outside the US are often baffled by the size and breadth of our great nation. But what they may not realize…
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17 Fictional Foods and Drinks We Most Want to Try in Real Life
Our favorite books and movies create worlds so real that we often feel as if we’re living amongst our favorite characters. And…
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20 Photos That Remind Us What Christmas Was Like in the 1970s
Christmas in the 1970s brought together the very best and the very worst of the decade’s fads, trends, and traditions underneath one…
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Did You Just Say That? 18 Cringe-Worthy Phrases That Only Boomers and Gen X Would Say
When we think of the rapidly changing cultural trends that gain popularity in one generation only to fall out of vogue the…
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18 Reasons Your Diploma Didn’t Prepare You for Real Life
How many times in your lifetime since becoming an adult have you looked to the nearest person and lamented, “Why didn’t they…
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If You Don’t Hate These 21 Movie Villains from the ’80s, You Might Just Be an Antagonist
The 1980s gifted us with some truly gnarly, sadistic villains, from international terrorists to despicable high school bullies. We love to hate…
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