Refresh for new random facts
1. Contrary to common belief, the name Haagen-Dazs is not European, it is simply two made-up words meant to look European
2. Dr. Pepper founder Charles Alderton named his drink after the father of a girl he was dating, Dr. Charles Kenneth Pepper.
3. Con Edison is the longest tenured listing on the New York Stock Exchange, first listed in 1824 as the New York Gas Light Company.
4. Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller would be worth upwards of $300 Billion in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation.
5. Frozen food entrepreneur Clarence Birdseye also invented a recoilless harpoon for whaling and a fast process for converting sugar cane waste into paper pulp.
6. Dr. Lieven P. Van Neste owns more than 200,000 domain names.
7. The only original Dow Jones Industrial listed company still in existence is General Electric.
8. Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle at approximately 25 miles per hour.
9. Coca-Cola's name is derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring.
10. Steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie would be worth upwards of $200 billion in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
