Stories Behind Things
MiMiLi
When the shopping cart debuted, store owners had to hire fake shoppers just to normalize it. And that thermos in your kitchen? It started out in a cryogenic physics lab. From zippers to refrigerators, nothing we use today was born ordinary. In each episode of Stories Behind Things, we unpack the wild eureka moments, disastrous failures, and pure luck behind everyday objects. Next time you use them, you’ll never see them the same way again.