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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If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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There's a company in Switzerland called Algordanza that will turn your ashes into a diamond for your family.
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Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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Rick Harrison of the hit reality show Pawn Stars, dropped out of high school in 10th grade because he was making $2000 a week selling fake Gucci bags.
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