The most iconic inventions of the past 25 years
Merrill Fabry
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"TIME Inc.'s researchers are conspicuous because they are women," noted one 1944 pamphlet for employees
Their first store opened on May 5, 1978, at a time when the super premium ice cream trend was still just beginning.
How the sex scandal involving President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky consumed the news of 1998.
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The first sound to be recorded by a machine wasn't intended ever to be heard again—but modern researchers found a way around that problem.
Love, 15, 30, 40... No one really knows how the system started, but it dates all the way back to the Middle Ages.
Among those lost this year were people who led incredible lives—include a spy, a songwriter, a spacesuit technician, a smuggler and more
The impulse now exemplified by the Guinness Book of World Records dates back centuries—but how do you measure a record without a stopwatch?
Ancient Romans did use the thumbs-up gesture, but back then it didn't mean "good job." So where does the modern hand sign really come from?
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How did the very first professional fact-checkers do their work? TIME's archives offer unique insight into the history of the job.
"Adult coloring books" are actually even older than coloring books for kids are, and both kinds have a long history.
The storming of the Bastille was violent but its first anniversary was just the opposite, as revolutionaries and royals celebrated together.
Many people give paper for a first anniversary, silver for a 25th and so on—but why? Here's what to know about the tradition's origins.
The Memorial Day holiday was originally meant to be a day to honor those killed in battle. How did it become a day for celebration instead?
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