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1. The top three most valuable brands in the world in order of their value are Marlboro, Coca Cola and Budweiser.
2. A Tupperware party starts somewhere in the world every 23 seconds.
3. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos renamed the company to Amazon from the earlier name of Cadabra.com because he saw the potential for a large volume of booksales online, much like the Amazon is the most voluminous river.
4. IBM was founded by an ex employee of National Cash Register. The name International Business Machines was his attempt at one-upmanship.
5. A Singer sewing machine was the first consumer product purchased on an installment plan. In 1856, Margaret Hellmuth of New York paid $50 down, with the remaining $100 paid in six monthly installments.
6. The AA, or Automobile Association, was first started in 1905 to warn motorists about speed traps.
7. Steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie would be worth upwards of $200 billion in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation.
8. One of the twelve original companies listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896 was Distilling & Cattle Feeding Whiskey Trust...believe it or not.
9. In 1987, American Airlines decided to omit one olive from each salad course in the first class. As a result, they saved $40,000.
10. The Mall, the biggest departmental store in Washington, D. C. is 1.4 times bigger than the Vatican City.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
