Designers were able to improve the basic implosion-triggered design. In 1943, American physicist Edward Teller invented the concept of boosting.Boostingrefers to a process whereby fusion reactions are used to create neutrons, which are then used to induce fission reactions at a higher rate. It too...
1939: Government launches food stamp program In an effort to help low-income families afford food, the federal government launched a food stamp program in 1939. It was in effect for four years, after which the country switched over to ration stamps. 1940: Government formalizes definition for en...
1922: First chimichangas are invented Canva 1922: First chimichangas are invented El Charro Cafe, the oldest Mexican restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, invented the chimichanga in 1922. The deep-fried burrito was created by accident when founder Monica Flin plunged a burrito into bubbling fat, creatin...
Also, I was still angry that my friends and I had been forced to dismantle our “lounge” we illegally constructed (literally with circular saws and plywood and stuff) in the art room while the teacher was away on jury duty almost immediately after we built it (Junior year). As part of...
What Christmas was like the year you were born On Christmas Day in 1914, British and German troops emerged from the trenches of World War I as weeks of bad weather cleared and called a truce. It was spontaneous and not approved by any higher-ups, but many soldiers on both sides ended...
it Chicken Caprice,” said Daniels. “One night, Joe Talerico of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union came in and wanted pasta with something that was healthy, so, my father put Chicken Caprice over the rigatoni pasta and that’s how we believe the dish was started,” said Daniels...
Kellogg was obsessed with temperance and sexual abstinance. He invented corn flakes in the 1890s. He hoped that breakfast cereal, laxatives, and enemas would lead to more regular bowel movements and bring about an end to masturbation. He later supported racial segregation and eugenics. The Road...
Disney put its hat in the ring of holiday specials with this 1983 featurette. Mickey’s Christmas Carol was the first original Mickey Mouse theatrical cartoon produced in over 30 years. While it was originally created to be shown alongside Disney reissues in theaters, it made its way to NBC...
PsychologistAbraham Maslowillustrated this point in his 1943 paper on the“hierarchy of needs,”describing how depression is caused when more urgent survival needs (such as food, shelter or security) are met at the expense of social and emotional needs. As a result, someone who, for example, ...
The now-retro dish, which embeds anything from fruit to tuna in jiggly, sweet gelatin, was once ubiquitous and became particularly popular during the Depression. This was a time when households were encouraged to get the most out of their food by getting creative with gelatin, all through ...