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We’ve all heard the expression “the greatest thing since sliced bread.” But how did sliced bread come to be? The Anecdote International website provides one version of the story. In 1912, the son of a ...

Slices of white bread on a wooden board. - Kritchai7752/Shutterstock Have you ever considered how recent, relatively speaking, the invention of sliced bread was? It ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This commercial bread-slicing machine ...