Mike Mozart/Flickr Henry Ford started Ford Motor Company and developed the moving assembly line for the mass production of his automobiles, but he also came up with a completely different ...
It’s one of those inventions that we don’t necessarily think about, but its uses are wide and varied. It’s the humble paper clip, the carefully bent wire of metal that ...
It’s the question that has plagued mankind for years. Is the tape that can be applied to almost any situation called duct tape or duck tape? This amazing tape can ...
McDonald’s is widely regarded as one of the world’s most successful fast food chains, but while the company has had many products that have been hits, such as the Quarter ...
Did you ever ponder where Bluetooth got its name? It’s okay to think it had something to do with blue teeth, but unfortunately, it doesn’t. The name is derived from ...
They have been a mainstay of many rearview mirrors for years, those tiny green trees that give off a pleasant scent to mask the odor inside. Where did these magical ...
If you’re in the United States, the ZIP code is something you’ve used countless times throughout your life, but did you ever know what it meant? And more importantly, did ...
Orville Redenbacher’s smiling face is iconic on his boxes of popcorn, but his original company may never have become as popular as it is without a simple suggestion about what ...
When Hurricane Frances moved toward the Florida coast in 2004, Walmart employed one of its latest pieces of shopping tendency gadgetry, a data program it called “predictive technology.” Walmart wanted ...
William Wrigley Jr., the founder of Wrigley’s Chewing Gum, started out working in his father’s soap factory in Philadelphia around 1870. After learning the ins and outs of the business, ...
The song “Happy Birthday To You” is easily the most popular song in the world, but there is a strange and complicated history behind this song. You also might not ...
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