- 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