Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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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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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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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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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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