14 Times America Copied Another Country but Claimed It as Original
1. Baseball America often claims baseball as its national pastime, but it evolved from older bat-and-ball games like England’s rounders. […]
20 Brands That Used Marketing Tactics So Manipulative They’d Feel Illegal Today
1. Coca-Cola’s Original Formula Containing Cocaine Coca-Cola’s earliest recipe included actual coca leaf extract, which meant small amounts of cocaine
12 “Healthy” Snacks Americans Trusted That Were Actually Dangerous
1. Fat-Free SnackWell’s Cookies In the 1990s, SnackWell’s fat-free cookies flew off shelves because people thought “fat-free” automatically meant healthy.
15 Quirky U.S. Attractions That Only Locals Know How Weird They Really Are
1. The Enchanted Highway – Regent, North Dakota Driving through the empty stretches of North Dakota, you don’t expect to
12 Social Phrases That Americans Use to Avoid Conflict – but Secretly Mean Trouble
1. “We should get together sometime.” On the surface, this sounds like a friendly invitation, but it usually isn’t meant
21 Myths About American Heroes That Survived Because the Truth Was Too Ugly
1. Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride Ask most Americans and they’ll tell you Paul Revere rode alone, shouting, “The British are
13 Ways American Culture Survives Through Habits Nobody Discusses
1. Small Talk With Strangers Americans are famous for making small talk in everyday settings, whether it’s at the grocery