Don’t be deceived by all the colors in a bowl of Froot Loops cereal; despite the differing colors, every piece has identical flavoring.

The Zamboni machine, the tractor-like device used to refinish the surfaces of ice rinks, was invented by Frank Zamboni, an ice salesman who, thanks to the advent of compressor-based refrigeration, went into the ice rink business.

Although over a century and a half has elapsed since settlers traversed the Oregon Trail across the United States, you can still find patches of wagon ruts; the tens of thousands of wagons that passed over the trail left some areas permanently worn down, compacted, and inhospitable to vegetation.