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  • the dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935
  • M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
  • Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine
  • the first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954
  • 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia
  • there are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo
  • Coca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
  • the Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
  • Hilton was the first international hotel chain
  • the brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern Finland
  • Porsche also builds tractors
  • Iceland consumes more Coca Cola than any other country
  • MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
  • The last Play Boy centerfold to have staples was published in 1985
  • Diet Coke was introduced in 1982
  • the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
  • the first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint
  • Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capital than any other country
  • originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power
  • Orange Fanta is the 3rd largest selling soft drink in the world
  • Coca Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharnt
  • he first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935t
  • he makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year
  • the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
  • A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
  • Nintendo first produced playing cards
  • John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars
  • Franklin Mars invented the Snickers Bar in 1930
  • Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats
  • the first credit card was a Diner's Club card issued in 1950
  • according to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces
  • the original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy
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