The Century Slider, located at the bottom of the timeline, can be moved to view different periods in time. Move the Event Magnifier to focus on specific historical events. Dates under the transparent window become highlighted and information appears here.
Cabbage Patch Kids weren't even originally called Cabbage Patch Kids-they were first called Little People. They were all cloth dolls and sold at craft shows-an inauspicious start for what would become a certified craze.
What patriotic Americans called sauerkraut during the World War I years during the height of anti-German hysteria here in the United States. Sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage to remove the German connotation, much like what George W. Bush and the Republicans did to french fries by renaming them freedom fries.