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Time Machine: An Iowan invented of the pop-up toaster

Breakfast time around the world changed dramatically after an Iowa native, Charles Perkins Strite, invented the pop-up toaster. An early method of making toast was to hold bread over a flame using a toasting fork or frame. Then came an electric toaster using an iron heating element that often became brittle after several uses.

 

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