1. A LUCKY WEEKEND IN VEGAS SAVED FEDEX
In the
early 1970s, just a few years after FedEx was formed, the fledgling company was
already in dire straits, losing up to a million dollars a month, At one point,
it looked like they wouldn't be able to meet their financial commitments. While
waiting for a flight, Fred Smith, the founder of the company, impulsively
hopped on a plane to Las Vegas, where he won $27,000 playing Blackjack. The
company was saved and Fred Smith had one helluva story to tell.
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TroyMedia
2. LAMBORGHINI SPORTS CARS EXIST BECAUSE
OF ENZO FERRARI'S PRIDE
Lamborghini
was originally a tractor manufacturer. The owner, Ferruccio Lamborghini, had an
interest in luxury automobiles, especially Ferraris. While doing a routine
check, Lamborghini found that the clutch in his Ferrari was broken and he
discovered that the car used the same clutch as his tractors. When he asked
Enzo Ferrari for a better replacement, Ferrari dismissed him saying he was a
tractor maker and did not know anything about race cars. I guess we all know
how that turned out.
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Yahoo
3. BMW BECAME A CAR MANUFACTURER BECAUSE
GERMANY LOST WORLD WAR I
BMW
originally started off as an aircraft manufacturing company. After Germany's
defeat in WWI, all airplane manufacturing companies had to cease production,
one of the many terms of the Versailles Armistice Treaty. With the company
facing bankruptcy, BMW shifted to motorcycle production, soon followed by the
manufacture of cars in 1928. Their current logo is a tribute to their aviation
heritage.
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Resimsi
4. COCA-COLA WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED WITHOUT
AMERICAN PROHIBITION
Coca-Cola
was originally created by John Pemberton, an injured Confederate Colonel, who
wanted a substitute for his morphine addiction. He called it French Wine Coca,
a nerve tonic. When Atlanta passed prohibition legislation in 1886, Pemberton
had to redo the formula, basically to make a non-alcoholic version of his
tonic. He named the drink Coca-Cola, the drink we all know and love.
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Amazon
5. THE MCDONALD'S LOGO IS BASED ON THE
SHAPE OF THE STORES AND NOT THE WORD MCDONALD'S
The
McDonald's logo is one of the most widely recognized in the world, probably
only behind Coca-Cola. 'M' for McDonald's and all that. But the truth is, the
logo wasn't inspired by the name of the company. The original store's
architecture had golden arches on either side. The owner wanted it so that
people could recognize a McDonald's outlet from a distance. So when they were
redesigning the logo, they decided to take inspiration from the restaurant's
iconic architecture.
Source:
Wikipedia
6. THE NIKE SIGN ISN'T A TICK OR CHECK
MARK
Originally
called BRS (Blue Ribbon Sports), the company was renamed after Nike, the winged
Greek goddess of victory. The famous "swoosh" symbol that's been its
logo ever since represents her wings and speed.
Source:
Pichost
7. THE APPLE LOGO ISN'T A TRIBUTE TO ALAN
TURRING
Although
it would have been apt, the truth is far from poetic. The most accepted theory
is that Steve Jobs's favourite fruit was the apple. Which explains why their
first computer was named after his favourite McIntosh apple. Oh, and this was
the first version of the Apple logo.
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CelebrityNetWorth
8. UPS WAS FOUNDED BY 2 KIDS WITH A CYCLE
AND $100
United
Parcel Service, or UPS as it's better known, had extremely humble beginnings.
In 1907, 19 year-old James Casey founded the company with $100 borrowed from a
friend and a bicycle. The teenager also served as president, CEO and chairman.
Today, the company is the world's largest package delivery company. Not bad for
a kid with a cycle.
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IndianaPublicMedia
9. VIRGIN GOT ITS NAME BECAUSE ITS FOUNDERS WERE EXACTLY THAT: VIRGINS!
This
is a case where the popular story is actually true. The name came about during
a brain storming session when someone suggested "Virgin". The
reasoning? Well, since they were all just starting out, they were virgins when
it came to running a business.
Source:
HotelManagement
10. FANTA WAS CREATED IN NAZI GERMANY
During
the height of World War II, Nazi Germany was subject to a number of trade
embargoes. Because of the lack of raw materials and ingredients, the head of
Coca-Cola Deutschland. Max Keith, decided to create a new drink for the German
market, using whatever they had - "the leftovers of leftovers". The
name comes from the German word for imagination (Fantasie), and they had to
stretch every bit of it to make this drink.
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Tumblr
11. PUMA AND ADIDAS EXIST BECAUSE OF A
FAMILY FEUD
In the
1920s, brothers Rudolf and Adolf "Adi" Dassler were running a
successful shoe manufacturing company, Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory. However,
during World War II a growing rift between the two widened due to a
misunderstanding. Later, after the culmination of the war, Rudolf was picked up
by American soldiers and accused of being a member of the Waffen SS (he
wasn't). Rudolf was certain it was his own brother who turned him in. The two
split, with Rudolf forming Ruda (later renamed to Puma), while Adi formed Adidas.
The two never reconciled and are buried in the same cemetery, but as far away
from each other as possible.
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Makeleio
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