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The Cold Cocktail

How NyQuil, the over-the-counter cold medicine of choice for millions of sniffling people, innovated by combining a bunch of drugs together in a novel way.

The Letter in the Window

The wacky and surprising history of NYC restaurant inspections. That letter grade is a lot more effective than you might think.

Dr. Koop’s Digital Korner

How famed U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, at the age of 82, became an internet entrepreneur, and why his namesake website burned out, fast.

Bye Bye, Buffet?

The all-you-can-eat buffet is unlikely to survive the pandemic in its current form—in part because sanitation already made it somewhat risky.

Eat More, They’re Healthy

The ’90s defining treat might have been SnackWell’s, a low-fat cookie brand that sold itself as healthy, but really just exposed public health policy failures.

Mean, Green Marketing Machine

During the early 1950s, you could not get away from chlorophyll at the grocery store—all thanks to a thinly sourced belief that the plant pigment fought odors.

Drip And Drive

Have you donated blood lately? Maybe you'll get inspired by reading the history of how we got modern blood donation, including (of course) the bloodmobile.

Do Not Trust

The ethical issues with getting a tattoo that says “Do Not Resuscitate,” then having said tattoo put to the test. Yes, a hospital had to deal with one.

In Case Of Emergency

The nationwide roll-out of the 911 system was a difficult endeavor, and one that only made it past the finish line thanks to a charitable foundation.

Let’s Live Forever

A recent study found that eating hot peppers could help decrease your mortality. Let’s take this idea to its logical conclusion by going as hot as possible.

Asbestos: It Isn't Snow

Asbestos is the rare example of a widely used mainstream product that was litigated out of existence. BTW, it was used for fake snow in The Wizard of Oz.

This One's For The Wounded

We haven't had Band-Aids forever—only for the last century or so. So what did we use for bandages before then? Well …
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