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. Starbucks was originally going to be called "Pequod," after the fishing vessel in Herman Melville's novel, Moby-Dick. The founders settled on Starbuck, the first mate on the ship, instead.
3. Citibank adopted its cable address as its official name. It was originally known as the "City Bank of New York."
4. Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle at approximately 25 miles per hour.
5. Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, first got the inspiration for creating Nike shoes after staring at a waffle iron.
6. Alexander Graham Bell was one of the founders of National Geographic magazine.
7. Bank of America was originally called "The Bank of Italy." It was founded by Amadeo Giannini in 1904 to cater to Italian immigrants in San Francisco.
8. The original 12 stocks on the Dow Jones were cotton oil, sugar, tobacco, gas, cattle, electric, gas, lead, coal, leather, utility, and rubber companies.
9. The S.O.S. brand of steel-wool soap pads, stands for "Save Our Saucepans."
10. Arby's was named for brothers Forrest and LeRoy Raffel (the Raffel Brothers, or RB)
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
