Refresh for new random facts
1. Philip Morris, the first owner of the Marlboro brand, died of lung cancer.
2. With 535, Edwin Land, inventor of the Polaroid camera, is second to only Thomas Edison for U.S. patents awarded for inventions...He trails him by a measly 558.
3. IBM was founded by an ex employee of National Cash Register. The name International Business Machines was his attempt at one-upmanship.
4. The soft drink industry spends more than $100 million a year in stopping thefts involving their vending machines.
5. The sale of antacids increases by 20% the day after the Super Bowl.
6. The Burpee seed catalogue originally sold real chickens when first introduced by 17-year old Washington Atlee Burpee in 1876.
7. The common phrase "Often a bridesmaid but never a bride" originates from a Listerine advertisement written by Milton Feasley in the 1920's.
8. The AA, or Automobile Association, was first started in 1905 to warn motorists about speed traps.
9. The original 12 stocks on the Dow Jones were cotton oil, sugar, tobacco, gas, cattle, electric, gas, lead, coal, leather, utility, and rubber companies.
10. A Tupperware party starts somewhere in the world every 23 seconds.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
