Stillwater master mechanic Charles P. Strite reportedly invented the pop-up toaster in 1919 because he was tired of the burnt toast served in his company’s cafeteria. To circumvent the need for ...

Slices of white bread on a wooden board. - Kritchai7752/Shutterstock Have you ever considered how recent, relatively speaking, the invention of sliced bread was? It ...

People have been eating bread for about 6,000 years, and we have been toasting bread since the time of the Romans, according to toaster history books. Before the invention of the electric toaster in ...

(WHTM) Charles Strite hated burnt toast. Strite worked at a factory in Stillwater, Minnesota during World War I, and frequently had breakfast in the factory cafeteria. The cafeteria had electric ...