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Sliced bread had never been automated before Otto Rohwedder unveiled his \u201cpower-driven, multi-bladed bread slicer\u201d at Chillicothe Baking Company on July 6, 1928 - after an astonishing SIXTEEN years of self-funded development.\nThe Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune ran a front-page story in response - warning that consumers might find sliced bread \u201cstartling,\u201d but that \u201cthe typical housewife could expect a thrill of pleasure when she first sees a loaf of this bread with each slice the exact counterpart of its fellows.\u201d\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly trace the origins of this seismic event to the creation of the pop-up toaster in 1921; consider what it means to be \u2018an itinerant jeweller\u2019; and reveal the results of a survey of 30,000 housewives on optimum slice-width\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Sliced Bread: Where did it come from?\u2019 on HowStuffWorks\u2019 YouTube channel:\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7oMc-L57c\n\u2022 \u2018The best thing since sliced bread\u2019 (Jim Glynne, The Madera Tribune, 2018):\nhttp://www.maderatribune.com/single-post/2018/07/07/the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread\n\u2022 Chillicothe, Missouri - \u2018The Home of Sliced Bread\u2019:\nhttp://www.homeofslicedbread.com/\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#20s #Person #Food #Inventions #Technology #White #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices