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1. Car magnate Henry Ford would be worth around $200 Billion in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation.
2. 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.
3. The top three most valuable brands in the world in order of their value are Marlboro, Coca Cola and Budweiser.
4. Producers of American whiskey originated the term "brand name," because they branded their names on the barrels they shipped out.
5. The common phrase "Often a bridesmaid but never a bride" originates from a Listerine advertisement written by Milton Feasley in the 1920's.
6. J.C. Penney's initials stand for James Cash, founder of the store chain in 1902.
7. 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.
8. Xerox inventor Chestor Carlson, named his product for the dry copying technique that he invented. The Greek root `xer' means dry.
9. Alexander Graham Bell was one of the founders of National Geographic magazine.
10. Frozen food entrepreneur Clarence Birdseye also invented a recoilless harpoon for whaling and a fast process for converting sugar cane waste into paper pulp.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
