"Some products feel like they've been around forever, but they're actually fairly recent inventions. Sliced bread, a kitchen staple, has been around for fewer than 100 years. It's tough to imagine life without the MacBook and iPhone, but they've only been around 20 years. It seems like there was never a time that we lived without Diet Coke, Post-It notes, or camera phones. However, some items that seem as old as time were created relatively recently."
"Sliced bread, for example, was put on the market for the first time in 1928, after a Missouri-based jeweler, Otto Rohwedder, invented the bread slicer. More than a third of the US population, 155 million people, were iPhone users in 2024, and Apple has a particularly strong hold on Gen Z: Research released by Piper Sandler in October found 87% of teenagers surveyed said they had an iPhone. However, the product was brought on the market just 18 years ago."
Numerous familiar products that seem timeless were invented relatively recently. Sliced bread was first marketed in 1928 after Missouri-based jeweler Otto Rohwedder invented the bread slicer. Products like Diet Coke, Post-It notes, and camera phones also became commonplace in the modern era. The MacBook and iPhone have existed for only about two decades. More than a third of the US population—155 million people—were iPhone users in 2024, and research released by Piper Sandler in October found 87% of teenagers surveyed said they had an iPhone. Several everyday items have shorter histories than commonly assumed.
Read at Business Insider
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