Who Made It?

1880 to 1910 in the United States saw a “Golden Age of Cheese.” Immigrants traveling to the country brought traditional recipes from their homelands, merging with the powerful mass production model of the US. This drove cheddar production, still dominant today.

Tide is responsible for more than a third of the liquid-detergent market. In fact, during the Great Recession in 2009, a survey found it was one of the top three brands people were unwilling to give up when money was tight. In some areas, it’s so coveted that it’s even a commonly stolen product for criminals to resell.

Sonic had rather small and unusual beginnings. The little guy’s programmer, Yuji Naka, while experimenting with new ideas, created a small game where a moving ball rolled through different kinds of tubes. This version of the game was eventually used to help design the complex movements that became Sonic’s abilities.