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I'm Cody Gough.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you learn why classic diners are shaped like train cars, why multitasking is impossible and what you should do to be

productive instead, and how you can use a simple tip for Mark Twain to stop procrastinating

on important tasks.

Let's stop putting it off and satisfy some curiosity on the award-winning

Curiosity Daily. Have you ever wondered why a lot of classic diners look like

train cars? Diners are the best. They are. Do you always order breakfast no matter what time it is? I do. Yes, that's the right way to do it. We can go to diners together. Great. Love it. Well the word diner covers a pretty broad spectrum of dining establishments these days, from your mom and pop

joints around the corner to national chains like Denny's. But diners have much more humble origins.

Before diners were buildings they were portable and

before they were shaped like train cars they were shaped like horse carts. In

1872 an entrepreneur named Walter Scott from Providence, Rhode Island got an idea.

He fitted a spare horse cart with the bare essentials he needed to make food,

and he rolled it out at dusk as a night lunch wagon for night shift workers and theater goers and anybody else out late at night.

He served coffee, pies, eggs, and sandwiches, and he was so successful that he was able to quit his printing business.

Of course, other mobile lunch carts started a copy the idea, and by the early 20th century,

the market was pretty much ruled by three manufacturers, Worcester Lunchcar Company,

Tierney, and Oh Mahoney.

They kept growing and over time the new dining cars weren't pulled by horses.

They were hooked on the cargo trains.

When those dining cars arrived at their destination, they would lose their wheels but keep the late night hours.

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