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Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is home to Epcot Center and the World Showcase, which features different pavilions representing countries around the world. The Germany Pavilion is located between China and Italy, and reflects the architecture and culture found in Germany. There is a fountain with a statue of St. George (the patron saint of soldiers) slaying a dragon, a cobblestone platz, and a replica of a medieval castle common in Bavaria. Similar to the famous Glockenspiel in Munich, there is a clock tower featuring a glockenspiel that chimes on the hour and two Hummel figurines appear out of the clock. The most popular feature are the three model trains that run through a miniature German village, which both children and adults enjoy watching. The Germany Pavilion also features wine tastings, Oktoberfest Celebration, a flower and garden festival, and shops where visitors can buy steins, Hummel figurines, and cuckoo clocks.

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In the year from 1985 to 1986, Donvier ice cream makers made up 30% of the ice cream makers sold. Manufactured by Nikkal Industries in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the compact, non-electric machines were advertised on their ease of use. They required no electricity, no salt, no ice, and just a few turns of a handle. Donvier machines worked by the use of “Chillfast”, a non-toxic refrigerant that was sealed inside an aluminum tub. Once the tub was frozen, the ingredients would freeze and stay cold upon contact. In 1986, a half-pint Donvier with the design featured on this button was released for customers who wanted to make smaller batches of ice cream. Donvier also made small machines designed for children, which included instructions and recipes that young readers could follow. 

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The Coca-Cola company is known for its catchy advertising slogans. One if it's most popular slogans is "Enjoy Coca-Cola" which was first used in the year 1969. Since the advent of the aforementioned slogan it has been featured prominently on t-shirts, baseball caps, and drinking glasses.

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This button advertises Barrelhead Root Beer which was a brand of root beer that used to be produced by Dr Pepper Snapple Group. It was marketed as a "draft" style root beer that had a strong enough flavor that could stand up to a full cup of ice without tasting watered down. The product was released in 1980. Though it is no longer produced in large-scale, it can still be found in some specialty grocery stores.

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Sunrise Instant Coffee is a special blend of 60% coffee and 40% chicory. Sunrise is made by Nescafe, a Nestle brand, and was very popular in the late 1970s in the US. The coffee’s slogan, “Better natured. Not bitter” was to promote their special blend with added chicory. Chicory is a fiber that contains inulin, which makes it naturally sweet, therefore cutting the bitterness coffee contains. Sunrise ads also noted that because chicory does not contain caffeine, their coffee was naturally lower in caffeine. Sunrise is still produced in India and is available to purchase online or in specialty stores.

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Brim was name of a decaffeinated coffee brand that was first produced in 1961 by General Foods Corporation. Its slogan was "fill it to the rim, with Brim".In 1995 Brim Coffee ceased production. In 2014 the Brim brand reappeared on department store shelves in the form of a programmable coffee maker.

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Cabbage Patch Kids is a line of soft sculpture dolls created by 21 year old art student Xavier Roberts in 1978. The dolls were inspired by the work of Martha Nelson Thomas but went on to become one of the biggest toy fads on the 1980s. The brand was originally called Little People but was changed to Cabbage Patch Kids in the early 1980s. The original dolls each came with a birth certificate or adoption papers. The Cabbage Patch Kids line has since been owned by Coleco, Hasbro, Mattel, Toys "R" Us, Play Along Toys, Jakks Pacific, and Wicked Cool Toys.

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Chiffon Margarine was first manufactured in Texas in 1954 by the Anderson, Clayton and Company (ACCO). Chiffon was one of the first soft tub margarine products and was made out of hydrogenated cottonseed oil. A decade later, many companies had soft tub margarines on the market, and Chiffon fell in sales. In the 1970s, Chiffon advertising began airing commercials with a new marketing strategy that quickly became a pop culture sensation. Character actress Dena Dietrich portrayed Mother Nature who is given some Chiffon to taste and she comments on how natural and delicious the butter is. When she is told it is actually margarine, she is upset and says, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature”, followed by lightning and thunder. The popular commercial was retired in the 1980s, and ACCO was sold to Kraft in the 1990s. Chiffon Margarine was discontinued in 2002 in the United States and Canada, though it is still available for purchase in the Caribbean.