Chicken Nuggets Were Invented in a Laboratory

Customers enjoying steins of beer at the Old Heidelberg Brewery,  in Chicago, c.1900.

Enslaved workers in Brazil picking coffee beans, c. 1885, by 19th-century Brazilian photographer Marc Ferrez

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In the Roaring Twenties, a surging economy created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.

Roaring Twenties

The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, when agricultural societies became more industrialized and urban. The transcontinental railroad, the cotton gin, electricity and other inventions permanently changed society.

Industrial Revolution

The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for decades and resulted in anti-communist suspicions and international incidents that led the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear disaster.

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