1. Archie Bunker’s Racial Slurs on All in the Family When All in the Family premiered in 1971, television had never really seen a character like Archie Bunker. Archie openly used racist, sexist and bigoted language, something that shocked many […]

1. The 1964 New York World’s Fair Futurama Ride At the 1964 New York World’s Fair, General Motors once again invited visitors to imagine the future through an attraction called Futurama II. Guests rode in moving theater seats that slowly

1. Hay Knife A hay knife is one of those barn finds that often leaves modern homeowners scratching their heads. The tool usually has a long wooden handle with a curved, serrated blade at the end, which can make it

1. Spam and Pineapple Skillet For decades, Spam showed up in kitchens across America, especially when money was tight or groceries had to stretch. Families sliced it into cubes and tossed it into a frying pan with canned pineapple and

1. The Odd Metal Key That Didn’t Fit Anything Almost every family seemed to have one mysterious key floating around a junk drawer. It looked old, sometimes heavy, sometimes oddly shaped, and no one could remember what lock it belonged

1. Rodney King Rodney King became one of the most widely recognized figures of the early 1990s after a shocking incident in Los Angeles. In March 1991, a bystander recorded King being beaten by several police officers during an arrest.

1. Buffalo Wings Buffalo wings weren’t created by a big restaurant chain or a fancy chef trying to reinvent chicken. They started in 1964 at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, when co-owner Teressa Bellissimo reportedly tossed some leftover