Funny business facts

CA Ruskin B (Member) (2602 Points)

26 December 2011  

1. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

2. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.

3. The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.

4. Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.

5. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.

6. Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.

7. There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.

8. The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.

9. If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.

10. Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.

11. Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.

12. 90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.

13. The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.

14. Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.

15. Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.