Friday, April 3, 2009

Big Names

1. The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.
2.Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself."
3. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.
4. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
5. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
6. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
7. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
8.Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
9. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him ten years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

7 comments:

  1. wow, thats crazy about the mona lisa and the american airlines thing

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  2. The fact about Alexander Graham Bell was really interesting. Ironic!

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  3. These facts are crazy. I wonder if it will ever help me to now these things.

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  4. Thanks for the facts ethen, again always interesting.

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  5. i liked the stuff on Leo da vinci. the whole write and draw with both hands thing.

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