12 U.S. Highways With Backstories Stranger Than Visitors Imagine
1. Route 66 – The “Mother Road” of Myth and Marketing Route 66 isn’t just a road; it’s practically a […]
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16 Places in America That Became Famous by Accident
1. Roswell, New Mexico Roswell was just another quiet desert town until 1947, when a mysterious crash turned it into
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 Streets in U.S. Towns That Outsiders Always Mispronounce – and Locals Love It
1. Houston Street (Manhattan, NY) This one trips up nearly every visitor to New York City. Outsiders see the spelling
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