1. One Hour Photo Processing Aisle There used to be a steady hum of machines and the faint chemical smell drifting out of the photo counter at most grocery stores. You’d drop off a roll of film, grab your groceries, […]

1. Friends: Ross Dating a Much Younger Student When Ross starts dating Elizabeth, one of his own college students, the show treats it mostly like an awkward romantic misadventure instead of a serious ethical issue. At the time, it was

1. Switzerland Requires Guinea Pigs to Have Company In Switzerland, it is illegal to keep a single guinea pig by itself, because the animals are considered highly social. The law treats isolation as a form of animal cruelty rather than

1. Humans Only Use Ten Percent of Their Brain You have probably heard someone say that we are only tapping into a tiny fraction of our brain power, usually right before pitching a miracle productivity hack. It sounds inspiring, like

1. Hand-Washing Laundry in a Tub There was a time when every household knew how to wash clothes by hand, especially delicate items or anything too dirty for a machine. People filled tubs or sinks with hot water, soap flakes,

1. Cold Spaghetti Straight From the Fridge There was always something oddly satisfying about standing in front of the open fridge, fork in hand, eating leftover spaghetti cold. It was never plated and never heated, which somehow made it feel

1. Rice Krinkles Rice Krinkles was a short lived cereal that leaned heavily on artificial coloring and sugary coating to stand out in a crowded cereal aisle. The crisp rice pieces were brightly tinted and designed to look playful rather