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1. All of automaker Henry Ford's cars were black until 1925, when he introduced two new colors, green and maroon.
2. Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, is said to have been afraid of the dark.
3. One of the twelve original companies listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896 was Distilling & Cattle Feeding Whiskey Trust...believe it or not.
4. Xerox inventor Chestor Carlson, named his product for the dry copying technique that he invented. The Greek root `xer' means dry.
5. The Burpee seed catalogue originally sold real chickens when first introduced by 17-year old Washington Atlee Burpee in 1876.
6. Philip Morris, the first owner of the Marlboro brand, died of lung cancer.
7. The first vending machines were installed on New York City elevated subway platforms in 1888 and dispensed Tutti-Fruiti gum.
8. Arby's was named for brothers Forrest and LeRoy Raffel (the Raffel Brothers, or RB)
9. Bank of America was originally called "The Bank of Italy." It was founded by Amadeo Giannini in 1904 to cater to Italian immigrants in San Francisco.
10. The S.O.S. brand of steel-wool soap pads, stands for "Save Our Saucepans."
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
