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1. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos renamed the company to Amazon from the earlier name of Cadabra.com because he saw the potential for a large volume of booksales online, much like the Amazon is the most voluminous river.
2. The S.O.S. brand of steel-wool soap pads, stands for "Save Our Saucepans."
3. Cadillac was named after the 18th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan.
4. Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle at approximately 25 miles per hour.
5. Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, first got the inspiration for creating Nike shoes after staring at a waffle iron.
6. J.C. Penney's initials stand for James Cash, founder of the store chain in 1902.
7. Thomas Jefferson invented the first hideaway bed ever patented in the United States.
8. The Burpee seed catalogue originally sold real chickens when first introduced by 17-year old Washington Atlee Burpee in 1876.
9. Coca-Cola's name is derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring.
10. Kleenex tissues were marketed as a cold cream remover when first introduced in 1924.
When me and old Abe used to sit by the fire he would tell me the darndest tales about this great land of ours.
