Some Boxy Facts for Boxing Day!

Happy Boxing Day to those Flossers who celebrate it! On a more generic box-ing note, we've packaged a few boxy facts for your consideration:

Crate Expectations

What's the difference between a wooden box and a wooden crate? Not very much to the average consumer, but the U.S. Government has a different take on the situation. There are no less than five different official standards that dictate the specific style and construction of the container to allow it to be called a "crate." To summarize all the legal mumbo-jumbo, it appears that a "crate" is sturdier and more intricately built than your average "box." A container may be constructed of wood and look like a crate, but if it doesn't have a secure lid and is not able to be stacked and sustain X amount of weight atop it, it's a box, not a crate.

The First Jack-in-the-Box

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The Origin of the Juice Box

The modern juice box evolved from an invention produced by Swedish entrepreneur Ruben Rausing. In 1963 Rausing was experimenting with more efficient methods to ship milk to retail outlets and he came up with the Tetra-Brik, an aseptic rectangular carton. In 1980 Ocean Spray became the first U.S. company to use Rausing's technology to sell individual servings of juice in a box.

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