Crayola

Crayola is an art product company founded in 1885 as Binney & Smith, but did not create crayons until around 1902. Crayola started when Binney and Smith took over Binney's father's pigment company, and later, they started developing pigments to compete at World's Fairs. They then started to create what they called dustless chalk, which is now the standard oil crayon. They company headquarters has always been located in Easton, PA, and the name Crayola comes from "craie", which means chalk, and "ola", which means oily.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayola

http://www.crayola.com/

Miracle Whip

Miracle Whip is a mayonnaise substitute sold by Kraft. They released the product in the 30's as a cheaper alternative to mayo, because sales were slipping due to the depression. There are a few rumors on how Miracle Whip got created, but the official statement by Kraft is that they developed it in their factory using a newly patented mixer. There are a few Miracle Whip products, including Miracle Whip, Miracle Whip Light, and Miracle Whip Zero, which all have less fat and more spices than mayo.

http://brands.kraftfoods.com/miraclewhip/home.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip

Illinois

Illinois is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. Demographically, it is the most diverse, and also the most average, state in the union. Illinois is the 5th most populous state, and the 25th in terms of size. Illinois' largest city is Chicago, located on the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, and the capital is Springfield. 3 president's were serving in Illinois while elected (Lincoln, Grant, and Obama) but only one was born there (Reagan) and one was buried there (Lincoln). Illinois was the 21st state admitted to the union, in 1818, after being a territory for 9 years, and before that, part of French Louisiana and the Northwest territory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois

http://www.illinois.gov/

Google

Google is a commonly used search engine. It was created as a privately owned company in 1998, and gave initial stock holdings in 2004. As of 2006, the company's headquarters is located in Mountain View, California. Google is the worlds biggest search engine, and processes around a billion searches a day. Google was created by Sergey Page and Larry Brin, who both now have salarys of $1, but have net worths of $17.5. In 2004, they were chosen as ABC's People of the Year. They also started a philanthropic organization, titled google.org, to raise awareness about environmental and other causes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

http://www.google.org/

Metropolis Popcorn

Metropolis Popcorn is a popcorn shop on the riverfront in Cuyohoga Falls. They have 58 different flavors of popcorn and are almost all unnatural flavors. They have 3 different categories, seasoned, candied, and deluxe. Seasoned all have a flavored powder on them, and include flavors such as nacho cheese and bacon and cheese. The candied flavors have a candy coating and have flavors like cherry, grape, and other fruits. The deluxe are mixes and have a flavor that is nothing like popcorn, they have mixes like puppy chow, fluffer nutter and cinnamon bun.

http://www.metropolispopcorn.com/

Crush Soda

Crush is a soda company that makes many different flavors of it's drink, the most famous being Orange Crush. They offer or have offered many flavors, including Orange, Pineapple, Strawberry, Grape, Peach, Apple, Berry Blast, and their newest flavor, Cherry. Orange Crush was invented in 1906, but has been produced and patented since 1916. Named for the process of extracting flavor from oranges, Crush is now a part of the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. Some flavors are released in just certain areas of the world, like birch beer was only released in Canada, and Cola only in Kuwait in the 60's and 70's.

http://www.crushsoda.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Crush

Dave Matthews Band

The Dave Matthews Band was formed in 1991 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Originally based off of Dave's song ideas, rather than recording himself and an acoustic guitar, he gathered some band members to join him. He got drummer Carter Beauford, saxophone player LeRoi Moore, 16 year old bassist Stephan Lessard, pianist Peter Griesar and violist Boyd Tinsley. After playing many celebrated local preformances, they started to record records, and was very popular, getting many platinum albums. After the death of LeRoi in 2008, the band stopped playing for some time, and started recording Big Whiskey and The Groogrux King, released in 2009, and are on tour now.

http://www.davematthewsband.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola was first created in Atlanta, Georgia on May 8, 1886. John Stith Pemberton created it as a medicine, and when combined with carbonated water, it made a very refreshing, delicious drink. Pemberton didn't realize the potential of his drink, and sold away most shares of his companies, which started off very small, selling an average of 9 drinks a day. Now the Coca-Cola Company, based in Atlanta, sells jugs of syrup to licensed Coke bottlers around the world, which add the water and distribute the drink.

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola

Mizuno

Mizuno is a Japanese sportswear equipment company founded in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. They have since evolved into a global corporation that sells running shoes, baseball, softball, golf, and rugby equipment, not to mention many other sports. Originally based in Osaka, it has opened branches in many places, such as Tokyo, Nagoya and Kyoto. Full scale production of Mizuno goods began in 1914, and a second factory was opened in 1943. In 1964, Rihachi Mizuno gave each of his employees 25 shares in the company.

http://www.mizuno.com/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuno_Corp.

Ball in a Cup

The common childrens game of Ball in a Cup was invented in 1859. The goal of the game is to get a ball, attached to a stick by a string, into a cup, attached on the other end. The game was greatly loved by King Henry III, from France. He was often seen in public playing the game, but after he died, the game went mostly forgotten. It regained some popularity during the rule of Louis XV, and many of the wealthy citizens owned one. It is now very popular in Latin and South American countries, such as Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Equador, Chile, and Venezuela. It has many different names in spanish, like balero, boliche, and perinola.












http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_in_a_cup
http://www.victoriana.com/antiquetoys/cupandball.html

South Park

South Park is a cartoon show on Comedy Central that is very widely known. Famous for it's very crude humor and paper cut out animation, it often makes fun of current events using very dirty satire. The makers of the show, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, say the dirty language and toilet humor reflects how young boys act when they are alone. Currently Comedy Central's highest rated and longest running show, the show is extremely popular but often criticized. Featuring a large cast of characters, including children, adults, and strange creatures, the show is surprisingly voiced cast mostly by Stone, Parker, Mona Marshall and April Stewart. In one week, the 14th season of South Park will begin.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_park

Handel's Ice Cream

Created in 1945, Handel's Ice Cream and Yogurt has been serving ice cream in mostly Ohio, but also in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana, Virginia, and one store in California. It was founded by Alice Handel in Youngstown, Ohio. It has been rated by many places as one of the best ice cream stands ever, and is a local favorite. Featuring over 100 flavors of ice cream, Handel's is one the most successful ice cream stands ever.

http://www.handelsicecream.com/home/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel%27s_Homemade_Ice_Cream_%26_Yogurt

Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles, in Versailles, France, was created from a royal hunting lodge. Starting in 1661, the Palace of Versailles was created by expanding and rennovating a hunting lodge. Louis XIV took a great interest in the town and wanted to center his government there. Of the many sections, the two Grand Apartments alone contain many features. The Grand Apartment du Roi had many rooms named for Roman gods, and due to the many paties thrown by Louis, they each had a function during parties. The Grand Apartment de la Reine is where the famous Hall of Mirrors is located, and also where the Queens bedchambers were often located.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles#Features_of_the_Palace_of_Versailles

http://en.chateauversailles.fr/homepage

Siberian Husky

The Siberian Husky, originating from Siberia, Russia, was bred as a sled dog. They are known for their amazing endurance and willingness to work, especially in colder climates. The fact that they were bred and used in Russia and Alaska makes Huskies have a thicker coat than most other dogs. They were believed to have originated from the Chukchi Tribe in Northeastern Asia, on the Siberian Penninsula. They have been used for many things, including famous sled races and the the United States Army's Arctic Search and Rescue Unit during W.W.II. Originally bred as sled dogs, over the years Huskies have migrated into homes as popular family pets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Husky

http://www.akc.org/breeds/siberian_husky/index.cfm

The Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics is a series of sports competions all having to do with snow or ice, and have been held since 1924, being held first in France. Since then, the United States have had the Winter Olympics the most often, holding them 4 times. They only time they have been interrupted was for World War Two, and in 1992, the International Olympic Committee changed the year the games were held from the same year as the Summer games, to the games going in 2 year intervals. Cross country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, the nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating are the only sports that have been competed in at every winter games. Some sports, like luge, bobsled, moguls and snowboarding have earned a permanent spot in the games. The 2010 games are set in Vancouver, Canada, and the next Winter Olympics are in 2014, in Sochi, Russia, which will be Russia's first Winter Olympics.


























http://www.olympic.org/en/http://
http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games

Hershey Kisses, created in 1907, are small cones of milk chocolate. Its not known how they got their name, but a popular theory is because of the sound the make when being made. They started being machine wrapped in foil in 1921, and todays wrapping machines can wrap 1,300 Kisses a minute. In 1924, the piece of paper out the top was started and trademarked by Milton S. Hershey. The recipe for the chocolate has not changed since 1909. In 1942 until 1949, Hershey Kisses had their only interruption in production, due to World War Two. In 1962, the tradition of using colored foil for holidays was started. The trademark for the shape, name and recipe of Hershey Kisses was obtained in 1976. In 1990, they started adding things to Kisses, such as almonds, or making them out of white chocolate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_Kisses

http://www.hersheys.com/kisses/about/?ICID=KISS1002

Tetris

Tetris is a very old video game made by Alexey Pajitnov, when he was working at the Dorodnicyn Computing Center of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russia. Created in 1984, the game has become very popular. The game really took off when the handheld version of the game was released in 1989. The game has 7 pieces that fall from the top of the screen, and you have to fill up one row to clear it. The game has had many variations and is still popular today.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris

http://www.tetris.com/

Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien was the host of The Tonight Show on NBC until just recently. He started hosting the show 7 months ago, and refused to have his time switched after local news stations were complaing that they were losing advertising mo0ney from the earlier time, where Jay Leno's show was. NBC planned to move all the shows back at least a half an hour, and Conan refused, and so he no longer hosts The Tonight Show. It was a very popular and funny show, and it's a shame it's off the air.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight_Show_with_Conan_O%27Brien

http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/