> > I've always wondered what the greatest thing was before sliced bread. Whenever I ask someone about it, they usually tell me it was unsliced bread, but what's so great about bread if it's not sliced?
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> Umm....it's edible? And nutritious?
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> My eighth grade science teacher told me it was the steam engine. He may be right, even though steam engines have little to nothing to do with baked goods.
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> I think sliced bread came before the steam engine, anyway.
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> -Mel

I'm almost certain the pre-sliced stuff that comes in bags, which is what I was referring to here, actually only showed up this century. I can't remember if they came up with it in the 20s or the 50s, though.