Dainty but durable, elegant yet affordable — this was Washington Sheffield’s vision for toothpaste in a tube, first conceived in the 1870s out of his New London dental practice. From his Broad Street ...

Old wives’ tales, folk knowledge, common sayings, and even cliches and idioms are often taken as givens since they form an often unnoticed part of our vocabulary and culture. There’s so many examples ...

Toothpaste tubes typically have color-coded bars, which some people believe point to their ingredients, such as green indicating all-natural toothpaste. However, this is entirely false, with the bars ...