Post by ~*~Kit_The_Kat~*~ on Dec 29, 2003 23:45:19 GMT -5
67 million pounds of pesticides and about 3 million tons of fertilizer are used annually on lawns in the US.
A single share of Coca-Cola stock, purchased in 1919, when the company went public, would have been worth $92,500 in 1997.
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.
Americans consume 42 tons of aspirin per day.
Americans spend more than $5 billion a year on cosmetics, toiletries, beauty parlors and barber shops.
Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.
Bayer was advertising cough medicine containing heroin in 1898.
Britain's first escalator was installed in Harrods in 1878.
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.
BVD stands for the organizers of the company: Bradley, Voorhies, and Day.
Carbonated soda water was invented in 1767 by Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen.
Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
Chewing gum was patented in 1869 by William Semple.
Coca-Cola was so named back in 1885 for its two 'medicinal' ingredients: extract of coca leaves and kola nuts. As for how much cocaine was originally in the formulation, it's hard to know.
Cocaine was sold to cure sore throat, neuralgia, nervousness, headache, colds and sleeplessness in the 1880s.
Dismal first-year sales of famous products:
1. VW Beetle (U.S.)--sold 330 first year.
2. Liquid Paper--sold 1,200 bottles first year
3. Cuisinart--sold 200 first year.
4. Remington typewriter--sold 8 first year.
5. Scrabble--sold 532 first year.
6. Coca-Cola--sold 25 bottles first year. (For total of $50; supplies and advertising ran $70.)
During the Prohibition, at least 1,565 Americans died from drinking bad liquor, hundreds were blinded, and many were killed in bootlegger wars. Federal Agents and the Coast Guard made 75,000 arrests per year.
False eyelashes were invented by film director D.W. Griffith while he was making the 1916 epic, "Intolerance." He wanted actress Seena Owen to have lashes that brushed her cheeks.
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
G.I. Joe was introduced at the annual American International Toy Fair in New York on Feb. 9, 1964.
Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
Hungarian brothers George and L"szlo Biro invented the ball point pen in 1938.
IBM's motto is 'Think.'
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
In 1889, the 1st coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank. Local calls using a coin-operated phone in the U.S. cost only 5 cents everywhere until 1951.
In 1965, LBJ enacted a law requiring cigarette manufacturers to put health warnings on their packages.
In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.
In 1991 Procter & Gamble won a $75,000 lawsuit against James & Linda Newton who were found responsible for spreading rumors that the company supported the Church of Satan. The two were distributors of Amway Products, a competitor of Proctor & Gamble.
In 4000 BC Egypt, men and women wore glitter eye shadow made from the crushed shells of beetles.
In M&M candies, the letters stand for Mars and Murrie, the developers of the candy in 1941.
In the 1700s, European women achieved a pale complexion by eating "Arsenic Complexion Wafers" actually made with the poison.
Insulin was discovered in 1922 by Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best.
It was the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, CT, whose name -- and lightweight pie tins -- gave birth to the modern Frisbee.
Jergens Lotion was created by Andrew Jergens, a former lumberjack, in 1880.
Kikkoman soy sauce was originated in 1630 in Japan.
A single share of Coca-Cola stock, purchased in 1919, when the company went public, would have been worth $92,500 in 1997.
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.
Americans consume 42 tons of aspirin per day.
Americans spend more than $5 billion a year on cosmetics, toiletries, beauty parlors and barber shops.
Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.
Bayer was advertising cough medicine containing heroin in 1898.
Britain's first escalator was installed in Harrods in 1878.
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.
BVD stands for the organizers of the company: Bradley, Voorhies, and Day.
Carbonated soda water was invented in 1767 by Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen.
Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
Chewing gum was patented in 1869 by William Semple.
Coca-Cola was so named back in 1885 for its two 'medicinal' ingredients: extract of coca leaves and kola nuts. As for how much cocaine was originally in the formulation, it's hard to know.
Cocaine was sold to cure sore throat, neuralgia, nervousness, headache, colds and sleeplessness in the 1880s.
Dismal first-year sales of famous products:
1. VW Beetle (U.S.)--sold 330 first year.
2. Liquid Paper--sold 1,200 bottles first year
3. Cuisinart--sold 200 first year.
4. Remington typewriter--sold 8 first year.
5. Scrabble--sold 532 first year.
6. Coca-Cola--sold 25 bottles first year. (For total of $50; supplies and advertising ran $70.)
During the Prohibition, at least 1,565 Americans died from drinking bad liquor, hundreds were blinded, and many were killed in bootlegger wars. Federal Agents and the Coast Guard made 75,000 arrests per year.
False eyelashes were invented by film director D.W. Griffith while he was making the 1916 epic, "Intolerance." He wanted actress Seena Owen to have lashes that brushed her cheeks.
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
G.I. Joe was introduced at the annual American International Toy Fair in New York on Feb. 9, 1964.
Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where it was first developed.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
Hungarian brothers George and L"szlo Biro invented the ball point pen in 1938.
IBM's motto is 'Think.'
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
In 1889, the 1st coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank. Local calls using a coin-operated phone in the U.S. cost only 5 cents everywhere until 1951.
In 1965, LBJ enacted a law requiring cigarette manufacturers to put health warnings on their packages.
In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.
In 1991 Procter & Gamble won a $75,000 lawsuit against James & Linda Newton who were found responsible for spreading rumors that the company supported the Church of Satan. The two were distributors of Amway Products, a competitor of Proctor & Gamble.
In 4000 BC Egypt, men and women wore glitter eye shadow made from the crushed shells of beetles.
In M&M candies, the letters stand for Mars and Murrie, the developers of the candy in 1941.
In the 1700s, European women achieved a pale complexion by eating "Arsenic Complexion Wafers" actually made with the poison.
Insulin was discovered in 1922 by Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best.
It was the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, CT, whose name -- and lightweight pie tins -- gave birth to the modern Frisbee.
Jergens Lotion was created by Andrew Jergens, a former lumberjack, in 1880.
Kikkoman soy sauce was originated in 1630 in Japan.
