Sliced bread is something we take for granted today. It feels like it's been around awhile, but in the grand scheme, it's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slices of white bread on a wooden board. - Kritchai7752/Shutterstock Have you ever considered ...

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – Any way you slice it, a small town in Missouri knows where its bread is buttered as the home of the wondrous innovation of sliced bread. Yes, the “greatest thing since sliced bread” ...

Otto Rohwedder’s bread-slicing machine is shown shortly after being installed in 1928 at Frank Bench’s Chillicothe Baking Co. in Chillicothe, Mo. The first loaves of its Kleen Maid Sliced Bread were ...

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