It is a genuinely strange naming system once you look at it. Two of the five standard American bed sizes are named after monarchs, one is named after a state,…
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Gummed stamps licked into a book, redeemable for things but never for cash. Here are ten.
1. You Were Given Stamps With Every Purchase and You Licked Them Into…
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A note, the money, and the clerk read the note. Here are ten.
1. Cigarettes, With a Note, and the Change Came Back in a Paper Bag
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The test is simple: will this be used, worn, eaten or looked at deliberately once it is home. Everything below either passes that test or explains why so much fails…
These are not luxuries. Each one solves a specific and recurring problem, and most cost very little spread across the number of dishes they improve.
1. Anchovies in Oil
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Olive oil occupies a strange position in the supermarket. It is one of the few products where the packaging carries a technical classification most shoppers have never had explained, and…