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2012/04/06

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• Did you know no two corn flakes look the same
• Did you know M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
• Did you know Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine
• Did you know the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954
• Did you know 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
• Did you know there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
• Did you know Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
• Did you know the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
• Did you know Hilton was the first international hotel chain
• Did you know the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
• Did you know Porsche also builds tractors
• Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
• Did you know MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
• Did you know the last Play Boy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985
• Did you know there are 1,929,770,126,028,800 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube
• Did you know Diet Coke was introduced in 1982
• Did you know 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals
• Did you know the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
• Did you know the first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint
• Did you know Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country
• Did you know originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power
• Did you know Orange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world
• Did you know Coca Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharn
• Did you know the dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935
• Did you know the first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935
• Did you know Pez was invented in 1927
• Did you know the makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year
• Did you know the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
• Did you know A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
• Did you know Nintendo first produced playing cards
• Did you know John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars
• Did you know Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
• Did you know Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats
• Did you know the first credit card was a Diner's Club card issued in 1950
• Did you know there are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube
• Did you know according to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces
• Did you know the original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy

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