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A chance remark to a fellow student prompted an informal experiment in 2012. As the year draws to a close and January – the month of good resolutions – is just around the corner, I plan to continue the experiment on a more formal level. Back in January, after a fascinating but worrying seminar on

I’m going to be honest here: The internet has some pretty crazy stuff. There are websites, profiles, glitches—and one of the weirdest, ads.

From copy machines to beauty routines this is what your mothers and grandmothers had to contend with. Aren't you glad times have changed?

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You were only allowed one egg and three rashers of bacon a week - but Britons were never healthier than when we lived on wartime rations. So what happened when one modern family gave it a try?

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Skinless frankfurters, laying-hen lessons, fat recycling -- the Obama administration could take a few tips from propagandizing presidencies past.

Cooties were real, a kind of pubic lice spread during World War I.

I can remember growing up in Pineville, Louisiana and going across the Red River to Alexandria where we would go to the A&W Root Beer place in our 1949 Packard. How could we ever forget those i…

The phrase, Call me Betty Crocker, isnt something any of us throw around lightly. Its deeply rooted in American culture. From music, books, film and television to even the inside of some of our favorite celebrities palatial pads, Betty Crocker is there. Weve helped shape Americas homes, kitchens and tastes for a century. Sure, it didnt happen overnight, but it did happen thanks to our "Bettys," AKA you all! So, lets take a moment to collectively brush our shoulders off. The whisks weve taken…