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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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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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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In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
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Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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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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