Business Facts
From business leaders' philanthropy, funny business blunders, to companies making a huge impact in the world - our business fun facts database has them all.
Coca Cola owns all the domain names that can be read as 'ahh'. Such as ahh.com, ahhhh.com, ahhhhh.com, and so on... all the way up to 62 h's!
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McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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The first McDonald’s drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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It has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve.
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Nintendo has banked so much money, they could run a deficit of over $250 million every year and still survive until 2052.
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Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House in Kaifeng, China is considered the world’s oldest operating restaurant, first opening in 1153 AD during the Jing Dynasty.
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In 2013, Candy Crush made $850,000 per day!
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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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There’s a KFC for deaf people in Pakistan, India, and Egypt.
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Carlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for free.
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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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