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1. David McConnell named his company Avon after the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford on Avon.
2. Before Michigan, Indiana was the car capital of America. The last Indiana based company, Studebaker, shut down its operations in 1963.
3. Henry Ford invented the charcoal briquettes that are commonly used by the grilling enthusiasts of today, to make use of scrap wood left over in the manufacture of the Model T.
4. The sale of antacids increases by 20% the day after the Super Bowl.
5. 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.
6. Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, first got the inspiration for creating Nike shoes after staring at a waffle iron.
7. It took about 95 minutes to construct a Model T Ford in 1914.
8. Conveniently, credit card companies are all headquartered in states with high or no cap on interest rates such as Utah, South Dakota, and Delaware.
9. The soft drink industry spends more than $100 million a year in stopping thefts involving their vending machines.
10. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
