american-history

Why We Love to Lie About the Presidents’ Bodies

From hot Lincoln to musclebound Trump, presidential imagery is way too flattering

Johnny Appleseed Wasn’t Planting Apples to Eat, Bro

Hard cider is more diverse, more accessible and perhaps more American than it’s ever been. Here's where it all began

The Disturbing True Story of Kellogg’s Anti-Masturbation Cereal

Its original intention was a food so flavorless that it would make jerking off the absolute last thing on your mind — but it did something far worse

The Best Time in History to Use a Toilet

Flush-stalgia is real. Here’s how the modern toilet got so weak — and how technology is fighting back