#10: Jell-O with Stuff Suspended in It
Jim Halpert might have been the first person to put a stapler in Jell-O, but fruits (and other things) have been hanging inside gelatin for seemingly ever. In fact, the concept of Jell-O dates back to 1845, when a method for making gelatin was patented, although things didn’t truly gain steam until the late 1800s when Pearle Wait, a carpenter turned cough syrup maker, got the idea to create a fruit-flavored dessert (dubbing it Jell-O). Wait sold the rights to Jell-O to Frank Woodward in 1899 for $450 (around $17,000 in modern day). By the 1980s, Jell-O had become a household dessert and a treat there was always room for (even if our parents disagreed).
