19th century

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  1/22/20
  

  The Myth of Middle-Class Liberalism

  by David Motadel

  The bourgeois are supposed to ensure open, democratic societies. In fact, they rarely have.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine Online
  11/26/19
  

  A Brief History of the Crock-Pot

  Eighty years after it was patented, the Crock-Pot remains a comforting presence in American kitchens.

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• SOURCE: Telegraph
  1/15/19
  

  Women used to grow whiskers for bizarre 19th century trend, historian discovers

  Whiskers were so popular in the 19th century that even women wanted to grow sideburns.