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What It’s Like When Your Distant Cousin Invents Sliced Bread

What It’s Like When Your Distant Cousin Invents Sliced Bread

And yes, it’s exactly as strange—and slightly tragic—as it sounds.

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Jun 06, 2025
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We throw the phrase around like seasoning: “The greatest thing since sliced bread.”
But behind that cliché is an actual man. A machine. A moment in time.
And in my case? A distant cousin.

Not the “let’s split the inheritance” kind of cousin. More like the “technically we share blood, but I couldn’t pick him out of a lineup” kind. Still, Otto Frederick Rohw…

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