Business

Bizarre Fact #101:
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The nickname for a Japanese businessmen is "Salarymen."

Bizarre Fact #102:
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The Nike swoosh was invented by Caroline Davidson back in 1971. She received $35 for making the swoosh. The first shoe with the swoosh was introduced in 1972.

Bizarre Fact #103:
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The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916.

Bizarre Fact #104:
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The reason the Animal Crackers box is designed with a string handle is because when the popular circus theme was introduced in 1902 they thought it would also be a good idea to package them with a string as a Christmas novelty so they could be hung from Christmas trees.

Bizarre Fact #105:
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The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.

Bizarre Fact #106:
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The search engine Google got its name from the word "googol," which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.

Bizarre Fact #107:
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The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores.

Bizarre Fact #108:
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The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 for a store promotion by an advertising employee of the department store Montgomery Ward.

Bizarre Fact #109:
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The total mileage driven by all U-Haul trucks in a year is enough to move a person from the Earth to the moon five times a day for an entire year.

Bizarre Fact #110:
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The United States and Canada are the world's largest producers of paper and paper products.