Invest your time in a few shocking facts about big businesses
Nathan Johnson
Published
09/09/2016
in
wow
facts you may not know
- List View
- Player View
- Grid View
Advertisement
-
1.
Dasani water is just purified tap water; it doesn’t come from a natural spring. -
2.
Taco Bell has proved to be a huge flop in Mexico, as Mexicans were confused by the Americanization of their traditional cuisine. -
3.
Robert Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning. -
4.
More people in the world have mobile phones than toilets. -
5.
Wal-Mart averages a profit of $1.8 million every hour. -
6.
In 2000, Coca-Cola launched a stealth campaign against water called “Just say no to H2O.” -
7.
Adding /4 to the end of Facebook’s URL will take you to Mark Zuckerberg’s profile. -
8.
Marvel Comics once owned the rights to the word “zombie.” -
9.
Starbucks spends more on health care insurance for its employees ($300 million) than on coffee beans. -
10.
Burt’s Bees is owned by Clorox. -
11.
Victoria’s Secret is the most followed retailer on Instagram. -
12.
More than 80 million “mouse ears” have been sold at Walt Disney World to date. -
13.
The “new car smell” is composed of over 50 volatile organic compounds. -
14.
McDonald’s first menu items were hot dogs, not hamburgers. -
15.
Smoking near an Apple computer voids the warranty. -
16.
Facebook is primarily blue because Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red-green color blindness. -
17.
One in eight American workers have been employed by McDonald’s. -
18.
The Rubik’s cube is the best-selling product of all time. The iPhone is second. -
19.
Sixty-four percent of consumers have made a purchase decision based on social media content. -
20.
Changing the U.S. $1 bill for a $1 coin would save the U.S. $4.4 billion in 30 years. -
21.
Samsung accounts for 20% of Korea’s gross domestic product. -
22.
In iPhone ads, the time is always 9:42 a.m. or 9:41 a.m., because Apple events start at 9 a.m. and big product reveals generally happen 40 minutes into the presentation. -
23.
Everything you say to Siri is sent to Apple, analyzed, and stored. -
24.
Starbucks’ round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less alone. -
25.
Steve Jobs is credited as an executive producer on Toy Story. -
26.
The Volkswagen group owns Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi, Ducati, and Porsche. -
27.
“Yahoo” is an acronym for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.” -
28.
Amazon.com employees spend two days every two years working at the customer service desk — even the CEO — in order to help all workers understand the customer service process. -
29.
Cereal is the second-largest advertiser on television today, behind automobiles. -
30.
Apple’s iPad retina display is actually manufactured by Samsung.
- REPLAY GALLERY
- Invest your time in a few shocking facts about big businesses
- NEXT GALLERY
- 28 Smart Ass Responses That Will Make You Laugh
30/30
1/30
Categories:
Wow
0 Comments