THE MOST INTERESTING ANECDOTES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT NATION

THE TIME WE ACCIDENTALLY INVENTED THE TACO

It's true! In 1923, our great nation's finest minds (or so we like to think) accidentally invented the taco. It was meant to be a revolutionary new way to store and transport pickles, but the prototype exploded in a spectacular fashion, covering the city in a tangy, saucy mess.

Read more about the Taco-Tuesday Incident

THE TIME WE BUILT A ROCKET SHIP TO THE MOON... OF CHEEZ-IT CHEESE SNACKS

It's a little-known fact that our great nation has always been at the forefront of space exploration, but did you know that in 1987, we built a rocket ship to the moon to claim the world's largest stockpile of Cheez-It cheese snacks? The mission was a success, and we returned with a cargo hold full of orange puffs and a nation proud.

See the original mission logs