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1. The only American to have two cars named after him was Ransom E. Olds- the Oldsmobile and the long-discontinued Reo, which was produced from 1904 to 1936.
2. Citibank adopted its cable address as its official name. It was originally known as the "City Bank of New York."
3. The common phrase "Often a bridesmaid but never a bride" originates from a Listerine advertisement written by Milton Feasley in the 1920's.
4. The oldest business known to be currently operating in the United States is the cymbal company Zildjian, founded in Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1623.
5. Con Edison is the longest tenured listing on the New York Stock Exchange, first listed in 1824 as the New York Gas Light Company.
6. Car magnate Henry Ford would be worth around $200 Billion in today's dollars, adjusted for inflation.
7. 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.
8. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
9. The last mass marketed 12 cylinder car produced in the United States was the 1948 Lincoln Continental.
10. Pierre Omidyar had formed a web consulting firm called Echo Bay Technology Group in 1995. When he tried to register EchoBay.com, though, he found that Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining company, had gotten it first. Ebay was born.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
