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1. The first Ford cars had engines made by Dodge.
2. The only American to have two cars named after him was Ransom E. Olds- the Oldsmobile and the long-discontinued Reo, which was produced from 1904 to 1936.
3. 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.
4. Thomas Edison has been granted the most U.S. patents for inventions, 1093.
5. The top three most valuable brands in the world in order of their value are Marlboro, Coca Cola and Budweiser.
6. Car magnate Henry Ford would be worth around $200 Billion in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation.
7. Contrary to common belief, the name Haagen-Dazs is not European, it is simply two made-up words meant to look European
8. Wanamaker's of Philadelphia, was the first U.S. department store to install electric lighting, in 1878.
9. Brothers Isaiah and John Wesley Hyatt developed plastic in 1869 while competing for a $10,000 prize offered by a company looking for a substitute for ivory in billiard balls.
10. Pierre Omidyar had formed a web consulting firm called Echo Bay Technology Group in 1995. When he tried to register EchoBay.com, though, he found that Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining company, had gotten it first. Ebay was born.