I found some crazy history facts at crazynews.net. Some of them are pretty interesting and kind of relate to the "Big Food" editorial that we discussed the other day in class. Check them out.
A single share of Coca-Cola stock, purchased in 1919, when the company went public, would have been worth $92,500 in 1997.
Americans consume 42 tons of Aspirin per day.Americans spend more than $5 billion a year on cosmetics, toiletries, beauty parlors and barber shops.
Bayer was advertising cough medicine containing Heroin in 1898.
Carbonated soda water was invented in 1767 by Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen.
Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
Chewing gum was patented in 1869 by William Semple.
These are just a few of the ones I thought were interesting. There are a lot more!!!!
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