Refresh for new random facts
1. Ajax cleanser was the first company to use animated characters in its television commercials.
2. Due to a family feud, the Waldorf-Astoria hotel was once two separate hotels built next to each other owned by John Jacob Astor IV and his cousin William Waldorf Astor.
3. Citibank adopted its cable address as its official name. It was originally known as the "City Bank of New York."
4. Philip Morris, the first owner of the Marlboro brand, died of lung cancer.
5. Secure, high-yielding stocks came to be known as "blue chips," because in poker blue chips are more valuable than red or white.
6. J.C. Penney's initials stand for James Cash, founder of the store chain in 1902.
7. David McConnell named his company Avon after the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford on Avon.
8. Visa was originally called BankAmericard, a card offered by Bank of America in 1958 in California.
9. Starbucks was named after Starbuck, a character (the Quaker first mate on the ship) in Herman Melville's novel, Moby-Dick.
10. The AA, or Automobile Association, was first started in 1905 to warn motorists about speed traps.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
