Refresh for new random facts
1. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
2. The soft drink industry spends more than $100 million a year in stopping thefts involving their vending machines.
3. All of automaker Henry Ford's cars were black until 1925, when he introduced two new colors, green and maroon.
4. David McConnell named his company Avon after the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford on Avon.
5. Samuel F.B. Morse, renowned inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code, twice ran for mayor of New York City...and lost both times.
6. Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle at approximately 25 miles per hour.
7. The first Ford cars had engines made by Dodge.
8. Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, is said to have been afraid of the dark.
9. The S.O.S. brand of steel-wool soap pads, stands for "Save Our Saucepans."
10. Sara Lee is named for the daughter of Chicago bakery owner Charles Lubvin. He first named a cheesecake after his daughter, then in 1951 his company.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
