Croissant

 While most people believe that the croissant comes from France, it actually originated in Vienna, Austria. According to legend and lore, the Austrian kipfel — a crescent-shaped pastry made with butter, lard, and sometimes sugar and almonds — was created in 1683 during a celebration of the defeat of Ottoman soldiers who had attempted to invade the city.

Wendy the Snapple Lady

  If you were alive during the '90s, you probably remember "Wendy the Snapple Lady." Sitting behind a desk that was too tall for her and addressing the camera at eye level, Wendy Kaufman read and answered real Snapple fan mail in the company's television commercials. Her witty responses and thick New York accent helped put Snapple on the pop culture map. The ads were a blend of TV reality and everyday humor with a touch of Americana. During the ad campaign, Snapple's sales increased from $232 million in 1992 to $674 million in 1994.

Pebbles, the World's Oldest Dog

 Pebbles, a 4-pound Toy Fox Terrier, holds the title for the world's oldest living dog at an astonishing 22 years and 59 days old. According to a press release from Guinness World Records on Thursday, Pebbles was born on March 28, 2000, and resides in Taylor, South Carolina. Pebbles apparently enjoys listening to country music while resting in warm weather. The distinguished dog, however, is nowhere near the record for the oldest dog ever. That dog was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey, who died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and 5 months. 

Jack Lemmon

 

Jack Lemmon starred in the film, due to his success in the movie "Some Like It Hot".

Billy Wilder directed and produced The Apartment, a 1960 American romantic comedy film based on a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Willard Waterman, David White, Hope Holiday, and Edie Adams are among the cast members.

The story follows an insurance clerk who, in the hopes of moving up the corporate ladder, allows more senior employees to engage adulterous romances in his Upper West Side apartment. In his office building, he is drawn to the elevator operator. He is completely unaware that she is having an affair with his direct boss.

Despite criticism over its subject matter, United Artists released The Apartment to critical and economic success. It was 1960's eighth biggest earning picture. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won five of them, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Oscar nominations were given to Lemmon, MacLaine, and Kruschen. For their roles, Lemmon and MacLaine received Golden Globe nominations. Promises, Promises, a 1968 Broadway musical by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Simon, was based on it.

Wadsworth Atheneum

The Wadsworth Atheneum, located in Hartford, Connecticut, is the oldest public art museum in the U. S. It was founded in 1842 by Daniel Wadsworth, an amateur artist, architect, and patron of the arts who was heir to a fortune created by his merchant father. In an unusual move for the time, Wadsworth focused on collecting and promoting American painting, including a young artist named Thomas Cole — later known as the founder of the Hudson River School.

Ray Liotta

 Ray Liotta, who became a gangster-movie icon in "Goodfellas" and brought an old-time baseball legend back to life in "Field of Dreams," has died. Liotta died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic while filming the upcoming movie "Dangerous Waters." He was known for his roles as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989), Henry Hill in Goodfellas (1990), and Paul Krendler in Hannibal (2001). Liotta took on other tough roles in movies such as Unlawful Entry (1992), No Escape (1994), Cop Land (1997), and the recent "Sopranos" prequel "The Many Saints of Newark."

Beets

 

Beetroot, also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, or dinner beet, is the taproot section of a beet plant, which is often referred to as beets in North America whereas the food is referred to as beetroot in British English.

The domestication of beetroot may be traced back to the appearance of an allele that allows for biennial leaf and taproot harvesting. Beetroot was domesticated in the ancient Middle East, where it was produced by the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans for their greens. It is supposed that they were also farmed for their roots by the Roman period. Beetroot has been utilized as a cure for a range of ailments since the Middle Ages, particularly digestive and blood-related disorders. To counteract the affects of "garlic-breath," Bartolomeo Platina suggested eating beetroot with garlic.

Ruby Queen beets are spherical, smooth-skinned beets, which are very delicate and have an earthy beet taste. They're ring-less and deep crimson, and when canned or pickled, they keep their color. It's an early maturing type that thrives on poor soils and maintains its shape even when overcrowded. Ruby Queen, like other beet types, loves lower temps.

Golden or yellow beets, are heart-healthy, great kidney and body cleanser, rich in potent antioxidants, decrease blood pressure, lower cholesterol, alleviate anemia and weariness, and more.

Avalanche beets are a tasty white beet that won't leave stains. Avalanche produces huge, spherical roots with clean, robust crowns on a continuous basis.

Eggo Frozen Waffles

 A delightful cross between "frozen" and "waffles," the original name for America's beloved toaster treat is one for the books. When the Eggo brand (originally known for producing mayonnaise) first introduced Froffles in 1953, it was to meet the growing demand for frozen food. Consumers weren’t buying waffle mix anymore, so to stay relevant, the company transitioned from a powdered waffle mix to the frozen form we've come to know and love. A campaign in the early 1970s introduced the famous rhyming slogan “Leggo My Eggo,” leading the waffles to overwhelming nationwide success.

Pele

 

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known worldwide as Pelé, is a retired professional soccer player from Brazil who played as a striker. He was one of the most successful and popular sports stars of the twentieth century, regarded as one of the best players of all time and dubbed "the greatest" by FIFA. The International Olympic Committee honored him Athlete of the Century in 1999, and Time named him one of the 100 most influential individuals of the twentieth century. Pelé was named World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics in 2000, and was one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century award that year. His total of 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, including friendly, is a Guinness World Record.

Pelé joined Santos at the age of 15 and the Brazil national team at the age of 16. He was the first player to win three FIFA World Cups throughout his international career: 1958, 1962, and 1970. With 77 goals in 92 appearances, Pelé is Brazil's all-time best goalscorer. He is Santos' all-time leading goalscorer with 643 goals in 659 appearances. Santos won the Copa Libertadores in 1962 and 1963, as well as the Intercontinental Cup in 1962 and 1963, during a great period for the club. Pelé is credited with coining the term "The Beautiful Game" to refer to football. His "electrifying skill and predilection for spectacular goals" made him a global celebrity, and his teams traveled globally to capitalize on his success. Pelé was the best-paid athlete in the world for a time during his playing career. Pelé has become a global ambassador for football since his retirement in 1977, as well as a successful actor and businessman. He was elected Honorary President of the New York Cosmos in 2010.

Pelé, who scored almost a goal per game during his career, could strike the ball with either foot and read his opponents' moves on the pitch. While mostly a striker, he can also drop deep and take on a play-maker role, delivering assists with his vision and passing abilities, as well as going past opponents with his dribbling talents.

Edgar Allan Poe

 Edgar Allan Poe is most renowned for his horror stories, but he is also credited with creating the first detective story. Poe's story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," first published in 1841, follows main character C. Auguste Dupin as he solves the mysterious deaths of two women. Dupin would appear in two more Poe stories, “The Mystery of Marie Roget” and “The Purloined Letter.” Nearly forty-five years after Poe’s death, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle popularized the detective story when he created Sherlock Holmes, a character with peculiarities similar to Poe’s Dupin. Like Holmes, Dupin also smoked a pipe, and had a somewhat dim-witted sidekick.

Tiger Woods

 

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods is a professional golfer from the United States. He is tied for first most PGA Tour victories, second in men's major championships, and boasts a slew of other golf records. Woods is generally recognized as one of the all-time great golfers and one of the most renowned sportsmen in contemporary history. The World Golf Hall of Fame has inducted him.

Woods went professional in 1996 at the age of 20 after an impressive junior, college, and amateur golf career. He had won three PGA Tour tournaments by the end of April 1997, in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters, which he won by a record-breaking 12 shots. In June 1997, little than a year after going pro, he became world number one for the first time. Woods was the dominating force in golf throughout the first decade of the twenty-first century. From August 1999 to September 2004, and again from June 2005 to October 2010, he was the world's number one golfer. During this period, he won 13 major championships in golf.

Woods has a slew of golf records. He has been the world's number one player for the most weeks in a row and for the most weeks overall of any golfer in history. He has won the PGA Player of the Year title an unprecedented 11 times and the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average an unprecedented eight times. Woods has won the most money in 10 separate seasons. He has won 15 major professional golf tournaments and 82 PGA Tour events. Woods has the most major and PGA Tour victories of any current golfer. Woods is the youngest player in history to complete the career Grand Slam. He is also the second golfer in history to complete the Grand Slam three times in his career.

Whole Milk

 Whole milk isn't made wholly of fat, or largely of fat, or even substantially of fat. In fact, it doesn't contain much fat all. Whole milk is actually only about 3.5 percent fat, and it’s the closest to the way it comes out of the cow. There also are other options for those who have different health needs or taste preferences, including reduced-fat (2 percent), low-fat (1 percent) and fat-free milk. Whole milk sales have dropped more than 61 percent since 1975 according to data from the USDA. Over that same period, 2 percent milk sales have more than doubled, and 1 percent and nonfat milk sales have nearly tripled.

John Steinbeck

 

John Steinbeck was an American novelist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception."  

He wrote 33 books throughout his literary career, including 16 novels, six non-fiction volumes, and two collections of short tales, one of which he coauthored with Edward Ricketts. He is most known for his comedic novels Tortilla Flat and Cannery Row, as well as the multi-generational epic East of Eden and novellas The Red Pony and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, which won the Pulitzer Prize, is regarded Steinbeck's masterwork and an important part of the American literary canon. It sold 14 million copies in the first 75 years following its publication.

The majority of Steinbeck's works are situated in central California, namely the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges. His writings typically addressed issues of destiny and injustice, particularly as they related to poor or everyday characters.

The Grapes of Wrath is set during the Great Depression and tells the story of the Joads, a family of sharecroppers who were forced to flee their farm owing to the Dust Bowl's dust storms. The Battle Hymn of the Republic is referenced in the title. Some reviewers thought it was too sympathetic to workers' predicament and overly critical of capitalism, yet it drew a sizable audience. It was turned into a film starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell, directed by John Ford, and won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.