A strange little side quest
Zoom out from How to Make Apple Coffee Cake for a moment and the timeline gets surprisingly deep. Cone-shaped wafers with cream were described in print before 1900, but the ice-cream cone became a major American fairground hit at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Barbie Fashion Designer became a major software hit in 1996, selling more than 500,000 copies in two months and proving there was a large audience for fashion-focused computer play. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.
