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The phrase “I’ll be loving you” is often used in songs in which singers express their love and devotion to someone. Such declarations in music can be interpreted as romantic, or about deep friendship or familial bonds. There are many more interpretations of the phrase, just as there are also different types of love. The ancient Greeks identified eight different types of love, while another popular theory known as Robert Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love proposes that there are three components of love that can be combined in various ways to create eight types of love ranging from nonlove (a lack of love) to consummate love (an ideal type of love).

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Dhalsim is a playable character introduced in the 1991 arcade game Street Fighter II. He is notable for his kindness and defense of the weak, who he protects through his yoga-influenced fighting. Dhalsim is considered an icon of video games, even appearing as an easter egg in Disney's 2012 arcade-inspired film Wreck it Ralph.

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“I Used To Be Snow White, But I Drifted” is a quote that is believed to have been popularized by the actress Mae West. The quote is used to convey the idea that the speaker used to be pure and good hearted, like the character Snow White, but they somehow drifted from that path.

Born in 1893, Mae West was considered to be one of the original blonde bombshells of the silver screen. In addition to her decades-long career on Broadway and in film, West was known for being a sharp writer. She penned some of her own plays and scripts, including the script for the movie She Done Him Wrong, a film that includes another iconic West quote, “Why don’t you come up some time and see me.”

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The C. M. Paula Company, sometimes shortened to just Paula, was founded in 1958 by Charles McCollough. The Cincinnati-based company got its start in greeting cards, but branched off into stationery and novelty gifts, including pin-back buttons. 

In 2005 the company transitioned from consumer goods to a privately held holding company. Mr. McCullough passed away in 2017, after having spent 60 years of his life building his business up from its humble beginnings out of the trunk of his car.

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Mantua Metal Products was an American toy manufacturer founded in 1926 that specialized in model trains and train kits. From 1942 to 1945, the company assisted in measuring and mapping equipment for the United States Army and Navy during World War II. During the 1960s, Mantua Metal Products changed its name to TYCO Industries. Tyco purchased the rights to start a line of toys for the Sesame Street characters in 1992 and developed the famous Tickle Me Elmo toy. Mattel acquired Tyco Toys in 1997 and made it one of their brands. 

In 1991, Tyco partnered with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to create toys based on their public service announcements demonstrating the importance of seatbelt safety with crash test dummies. The Incredible Crash Dummies were released from 1991 to 1994, though the NHTSA departed from the partnership sometime before a slight rebrand in 1992. Tyco Toys continued to promote seatbelt safety even after the partnership ended. The crash test dummy action figures had impact buttons on their torsos that, when pressed, would spring their limbs from their bodies. Throughout 1993, the Incredible Crash Dummies were featured in a half-hour TV special, a video game created for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and comic books containing puzzles. The crash test dummy pets, Hubcat and Bumper, were controversial due to the fact they simulated running over cats and dogs. Incredible Crash Dummies playsets included a crash test center and a student driver crash car. The grey crash test dummy seen on this button is Spare Tire, one of the core characters of the series. Pressing Spare Tire's impact button caused his eyes, ears, and tongue to bug-out of his head. 

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Mikva Challenge is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 by Chicago politician Abner Mikva with his wife, Zoe. The goal of Mikva Challenge is to inspire young Chicago students to become involved in civic engagement and participate in the electoral process. As of 2023, the organization has grown to serve over 100,000 students across the United States. 

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Rod Stewart is a British singer-songwriter whose career has spanned over six decades. He is best known for hits such as "Ooh La La" with the group Faces and his solo smashes "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "Maggie May." This pink text is taken from the album cover of Stewart's acclaimed 1988 effort, Out of Order. As of 2023, Stewart ranks 49th on Rolling Stone's list of the top 200 vocalists of all time. 

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Richard Buell Ogilvie was the 35th Governor of Illinois and served from 1969 to 1973. Ogilvie, a Republican, made a name for himself in the 1960s as the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. While sheriff, he was also elected as the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

Ogilvie narrowly defeated his opponent in the 1968 gubernatorial election: incumbent Democrat Samuel H. Shapiro, whose campaign capitalized on Ogilvie's association with former Chicago police officer Richard Cain, the chief investigator and aide to Ogilvie while he was Cook County Sheriff. Concurrently, Cain was also on the payroll of a notorious Chicago mafia boss and served as an "inside man" to the mob. In 1968, Cain was convicted of misprision of felony, aiding and abetting criminals, and conspiracy to obstruct justice, and in 1969 he pled guilty to perjury. Cain was released from prison in 1971 and was shot and killed in 1973—presumably by members of the Chicago mob—while eating at a diner on Chicago's West Side.

The Non-Partisan Committee for Governor Sam Shapiro took out full-page ads in November, 1968 that detailed Ogilvie's relationship with Cain and speculated that this association meant that he couldn't be trusted as Governor; the ads included the phrase seen on this button, "Why did Ogilvie hire Cain?"

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It’s not clear where the phrase “take off, eh” came from, but it is widely accepted that the phrase was popularized by the Canadian characters Bob and Doug McKenzie from the Second City Television (SCTV) comedy sketch show. Played by Rick Moranis and Doug McKenzie, Bob and Doug were the main characters in the SCTV sketch “Great White North,” a parody where two stereotypical Canadian brothers talked about all things Canadian. 

"Take off, eh” has several meanings, but in the context of the “Great White North,” the phrase is used as a pejorative similar to a phrase like “get lost” or “shut up.” While the use of the word “eh” is considered to be uniquely Canadian, the origin of the word can be traced back to the Middle English words “ey,” “ei” and “a.”

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In the late 1950s, the struggling Danish sculptor Thomas Dam struck gold with the invention of his signature troll. The oddly adorable dolls became an international sensation, becoming one of the top-selling toys of the 1960s. They remain a staple of pop culture, as seen in recent films like 2016's Trolls.

Hair was an integral part of Dam's original design. The toys were initially marketed as "Good Luck Trolls," and rubbing their colorful hair was purported to release their luck. This button allowed the wearer to carry the likeness and luckiness of the troll everywhere they went.