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.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
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When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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'Bimbo' is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.
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20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
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