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The Frogs is a music group founded in 1980 by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion. Playing alternative/indie rock, The Frogs is recognized for its improvised song recordings and public praise from musicians including Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, and The Smashing Pumpkins. Many of The Frogs’ song lyrics are controversial, comically discussing race, religion, and sexuality. The band is still active although production has slowed since 2005.

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In 1981 American singer Diana Ross released her album Why Do Fools Fall in Love. It was Ross’ first album with RCA Records after her departure from Motown Records. The album sold over a million copies and reached #15 in the United States and #17 in the United Kingdom charts. There are 9 songs in the album including Ross’ hit singles Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Mirror, Mirror both of which landed in the Top 10 of the Billboard chart.

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A volunteer is someone who gives their time to complete a task or series of ongoing activities for free.

The "I love" and "I heart" logos have become iconic in pop-culture and have been imitated in many forms around the world.

The original form of the "I heart" and "I love" logos was the I heart NY logo created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

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George McGovern was the Democratic nominee for President in 1972, losing to incumbent Richard Nixon in a landslide. Before running for president, McGovern represented South Dakota in the House of Representatives from 1957 to 1961 and served in the Senate from 1962 to 1968. McGovern vocally opposed the Vietnam war and his campaign primarily ran on the promotion of peace. McGovern, known as the “peace candidate,” has a lasting legacy spending less money and effort on conflict in favor of promoting human rights and fighting world hunger.

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The I heart NY logo was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world, like on this cute button professing the wearer's love of animals.

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"Just Like Bein' Born Stoned" is a comic illustration created in 1971 by Robert Crumb, an American writer and cartoonist whose work primarily satirizes contemporary American culture. Crumb was integral to the underground comix movement, which typically includes self published comics that are often satirical and feature taboo content. He further assisted the movement by creating and contributing to the publication "Zap Comix," which ran from 1968 to 2014. On par with the underground comix movement, his work often features explicit themes, such as drug use, sexuality, and violence. In 1991, he was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame. 

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The White House Sightseeing Corporation offered sightseeing and pleasure tours throughout the Washington, D.C. area in the 1960s and 1970s. Guests wore these official buttons while on the tour so they could be easily identified by a tour guide, then took them home as souvenirs. 

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Artist Rudolph Sandoval or Sandoval was a graphic designer and illustrator based in Seattle. His Sandoval Gallery & Studio was located in the north end of Seattle's famous Pike Place Market. The gallery sold original art, portraits, postcards, note cards, and prints of the Pike Place Market. During the mid-1970s, he created "The Seattle Pike Place Market Color Book," which features many of the actual stores and vendors in the market. Sandoval's graphic design work uses text to form a shape. In addition to a heart shape, he also created the shape of an umbrella using the word Seattle.

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Founder Russ Berrie started his illustration and gift business with $500. He rented a garage in Palisades Park, New Jersey, and launched his own firm named after himself. Berrie intended to design, market, and distribute “impulse” gift items. From the start, Russ Berrie & Company produced a string of hit products that quickly found their way onto countertops, desks, and dashboards across the country. Among the company’s earliest creations: Fuzzy Wuzzies (tiny fur ball-like critters bearing messages like “You’re My Best Friend” or “Wild Thing”), troll dolls (squat gnomes with plumes of brightly colored hair), and the Bupkis Family (a motley collection of endearingly ugly rubber figurines). The owner believed in the power of “transformational giving,” partnering with energetic, visionary leaders to change the world for the better. He took an entrepreneurial approach to philanthropy, using his keen interpersonal skills to identify people and causes in which to invest and working closely with partners to hone strategies and set expectations.  “There is nothing more important in life than helping a fellow human being.”  — Russell Berrie (1933-2002).

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The first known usage of the greeting “Merry Christmas” dates back to a letter written in the 1500s from a bishop to England’s Chief Minister. However, the phrase gained popularity in 1843 with the publication of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in which Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew wishes him  “A Merry Christmas, uncle!” Also, it was around this same time that Christmas cards began to be sold in London with the now popular greeting, “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You.”