101 Amazing Facts About Everything - Volume 1 by Jack Goldstein & Jimmy Russell

Author:Jack Goldstein & Jimmy Russell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: facts, trivia, fun, qi, incredible, mind blown, when you see it, bricks, amazing, learn, education, best, factoid, zomg, omg
ISBN: 9781783333110
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2013
Published: 2013-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

The Corporate World

Starbucks spends more each year on its employees’ health insurance than it does on coffee beans.

Fred Baur, the founder of Pringles, had his cremated remains buried in a Pringles can.

Walt Disney was scared of mice.

You know that doll Barbie? Her full name is actually Barbara Millicent Roberts.

7-UP was originally called Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda

In 2009, KFC decided to promote their brand by giving Oprah viewers the opportunity to print out a coupon entitling them to a free lunch. The company however had underestimated the sheer number of people who would print out the voucher - sixteen million in total - and when massive queues formed, food began to run out and the company tried to backtrack on its promise, customer staged sit-ins and even started to riot.

When rumours surfaced that McDonalds were putting worm meat into their burgers to bulk them out, the company’s CEO came out with some plain speaking which many could learn from. He said “Why would we do that? Hamburger meat is a dollar and a half per pound, whereas worms are six dollars!”.

Mobile phone company Nokia was originally founded as a paper company. The name comes from the Nokianvirta river where the original paper mill was situated.

IKEA consumes 1% of the world’s entire wood supply every year.

FedEx keeps a number of planes flying empty in the sky so they can quickly react to any changes in freight shipping demands.

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