25 Surprising Facts about Brands

25 Surprising

Facts about Brands

Wal-Mart averages a profit of $1.8 million every hour.

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“Yahoo” is an acronym for

“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.”

Starbucks’ round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less alone.

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Apple’s iPad retina display is actually manufactured by Samsung.

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Marvel Comics once owned the rights to the word “zombie.”

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The red and white Coca-Cola logo is recognized by 94% of the world’s population.

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Adding /4 to the end of Facebook’s URL will take you to Mark Zuckerberg’s profile.

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Cereal is the second-largest advertiser on television today, behind automobiles.

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Google was originally called BackRub.

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Pepsi got its name from the digestive enzyme pepsin.

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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.

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Everything you say to Siri is sent to Apple, analyzed, and stored.

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The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.

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Warner Music owns the copyrights to “Happy Birthday,” so it’s technically owed royalties every time you sing it to someone on their big day.

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The “new car smell” is composed of over 50 volatile organic compounds.

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64% of consumers have made a purchase decision based on social media content.

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McDonald’s first menu items were hot dogs, not hamburgers.

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The actor who played the “Marlboro man” died of lung cancer.

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The “Mayfair” filter in Instagram generates the most likes.

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Facebook is primarily blue because Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red-green colour blindness.

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Victoria’s Secret is the most followed retailer on Instagram.

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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.

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The average smartphone user checks Facebook 14 times a day.

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Smoking near an Apple computer voids the warranty.

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Candy Crush brings in a reported $633,000 a day in revenue.

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