A pallet is a wooden platform used for storing or moving heavy goods. If you've ever been to a warehouse store, you've probably seen pallets: flat wooden frames that hold stacks of boxes or products. Forklifts can slide under pallets to lift and move huge loads at once. Before pallets became standard in the 1940s, workers had to load and unload cargo piece by piece, which took forever. Now a single pallet can hold a ton of material and be moved in seconds. Pallets revolutionized shipping and storage, making it possible to move goods quickly and safely around the world.