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 ...

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

A Missouri bakery became the first to sell pre-sliced bread using a machine invented by Iowa native Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Marketed as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread ...