Dr. Steven (Steve) Novella

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1,490 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 27 Jun

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #872 - Mar 26 2022 podcast

And the inventor coined the term. voice-verified

It was Otto Frederick Rowetter. voice-verified

Best things in sliced bread. voice-verified

Of Davenport. voice-verified

I invented the term greatest things in sliced bread as a marketing term. voice-verified

Nice. voice-verified

And it was instantly really, really popular. voice-verified

You know, we take it for granted, but slicing bread... voice-verified

Slicing bread apparently was a huge source of drudgery. voice-verified

So to save the extra thick wrapper that they required, they banned it in 1943 in January, and there was immediate outrage. voice-verified

The public absolutely hated it. voice-verified

So famously, the New York Times published a letter from a distraught housewife saying, voice-verified

And I'm going to read the letter verbatim. voice-verified

She wrote, I should like to let you know how important sliced bread is to the morale and saneness of a household. voice-verified

My husband and four children are all in a rush during and after breakfast. voice-verified

Without ready sliced bread, I must do the slicing for toast. voice-verified

Two pieces for each one, that's 10. voice-verified

For their lunches, I must cut by hand at least 20 slices for two sandwiches apiece. voice-verified

Afterward, I make my own toast, 22 slices of bread to be cut in a hurry. voice-verified

And so apparently this was like a typical, you know, American household day. voice-verified

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