IF: punch

In 1934, huddled away in a converted garage in Fullerton, California, ice cream topping entrepreneurs A.W. Leo, Tom Yates and Ralph Harrison mixed and blended and experimented with a variety of fruit flavors. They finally hit upon the perfect combination of seven fruits: apple, apricot, guava, orange, papaya, passion fruit, and pineapple. They sold the product to area restaurants …

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IF: whimsical

In 2009, April Winchell, the versatile and multi-talented actress, launched the website Regretsy.com. It was a raucous and bitingly satirical take on the popular etsy.com website, a so-called marketplace for all things handmade. But, April (under the guise of “Helen Killer”) regularly scanned the many listings on etsy in search of items that were weird, …

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