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How an Industrial Oops Led This Gunk to Become a Stretchy Smash-Hit Toy
The surprising story of how Silly Putty accidentally sprang from a wartime dilemma.
The Greasy, Glamorous Rise of Mascara
You won't believe the grimy gunk people used to smear on their eyelashes -- and still do.
Betamax Is Now Officially Gone, But These 5 Old Technologies Are Still Around
From Floppy disks to instant cameras, some people are just not ready to give up on outmoded technology
The Fasten-ating History of the Humble Zipper
In which we unzip the up-and-down origins of the little mechanical wonder that keeps your pants from falling down.
This Timeline Explains How the 40-Hour Workweek Came About
The fight for an eight-hour workday began in 1866 and ended in 1940.
Volkswagen Faces the Most Onerous Rebranding Challenge In History, Again
A nice apology letter from VW gives some clues just how badly they screwed up.
Remembering George Mueller, the 'Father of the Space Shuttle'
The trailblazing electrical engineer who played a pivotal role in landing men on the moon died last week. He was 97.
7 Things You Didn't Know About the Real Colonel Sanders
As KFC's ad campaign brings the Colonel back from the dead, it ignores some of Sanders' complexities that made him so interesting.
How the 9-to-5 Came to Be and Why It No Longer Makes Sense (Infographic)
Everybody's working for the weekend, but is it best to get 'er done in long, eight-hour stints? Probably not.
Vincent Marotta Sr., Who Helped Revolutionize How the World Brews Coffee, Dies at 91
The intrepid Ohio entrepreneur convinced 'Joltin Joe' DiMaggio to stump for Mr. Coffee, even though the legendary centerfielder never touched the stuff it brewed.
The Longest-Running Pizza Hut in America Is Closing Up Shop
After nearly 55 years in business, the Manhattan, Kan., location is shutting down.
How This Produce Pioneer Popularized the Kiwi and Forever Changed the American Palate
Dr. Frieda Rapoport Caplan fears no fruit. The 91-year-old entrepreneur smashed the gender barrier in the old boys club of produce and brought some 200 unusual edibles out of obscurity and onto our plates.
4 Economic Thinkers Every Tech Entrepreneur Should Read
Business owners can learn much from philosophers throughout history. The ideas of these men are intimately adaptable to technology and design today.
How Patents Proliferated in the U.S. and Around the Globe (Infographic)
Our nation's advanced patent system is very different the one adopted in 1790.
5 Ancient Public Relations Secrets
The practice of public relations is not what it used to be, but history can teach us some important lessons.