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1. Thomas Edison has been granted the most U.S. patents for inventions, 1093.
2. The common phrase "Often a bridesmaid but never a bride" originates from a Listerine advertisement written by Milton Feasley in the 1920's.
3. The last mass marketed 12 cylinder car produced in the United States was the 1948 Lincoln Continental.
4. Pepsi derives its name from the treatment of "dyspepsia", an intestinal ailment.
5. Producers of American whiskey originated the term "brand name," because they branded their names on the barrels they shipped out.
6. The first major deodorant company in the U.S. was called Odorono; its first ad led hundreds of women to cancel their subscriptions to Ladies Home Journal in 1919.
7. The U.S. steel industry introduced the 5 Day, 40 hour work week in 1923.
8. Coca-Cola's name is derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring.
9. The word Yahoo comes from Jonathan Swift's 1726 book Gulliver's Travels. The Yahoos were vile, repulsive, and materialistic creatures, an allegory for British society that Swift witnessed at the time.
10. The refrigerator won first prize at the Paris International Exposition in 1937. It was designed for Sears, Roebuck and Company by visionary engineer Raymond Loewy.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
