U.S. History
What Grocery Stores Used To Look Like
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Since most of us walk into a grocery store with our minds fixated on the items needed to fill up the fridge and pantry, it's rare that we take the time to marvel at the wonders of modern food shopping. Whether it’s a small neighborhood mart, a chain supermarket, or a gargantuan superstore, today’s grocery stores offer a dizzying range of brands for any given product, allowing discerning shoppers to make a choice based on price, ingredients, or even packaging. All necessary (and unnecessary items) can be wheeled in a cart to a checkout line, ...Read More
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U.S. HistoryFact52Navy bean soup has been on the Senate menu every day since 1903.
Though no one’s sure who to thank for the tradition — some say Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho, while others credit Minnesota’s Knute Nelson — one item has been on…
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U.S. HistoryFact57In 1941, the U.S. Postal Service moved $9 billion in gold to Fort Knox.
No visitors are allowed at the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, and for good reason: About half of the U.S. Treasury’s gold reserves are stored there, making it one of the…
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U.S. HistoryArticle547 Priceless Facts About the U.S. Mint
With the ratification of the Constitution in 1788 and the Bill of Rights in 1791, citizens of the fledgling United States of America could count on documentation that guaranteed the…
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U.S. HistoryFact102There used to be a 3-cent U.S. coin called the ‘trime.’
One of the lesser-known coins in the history of U.S. currency is the 3-cent silver piece known as the “trime.” In 1851, Congress lowered the cost of mailing a letter…
