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Welcome and thanks for visiting! This blog will show you how everyday products that you use and have grown to love were named--from "Ni...

Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits , usually called just "Popeyes," is a chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants that is controll...

Walgreens (The official corporate name lacks an apostrophe) is a convenience store/pharmacy chain, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), mail se...

The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006-07 television season. It features a mixture...

An Allen wrench , Allen key , hex key or hex head wrench is a tool used to drive Allen screws and bolts, which have a hexagonal socket in t...

YouTube is a popular free video sharing web site which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. Founded in February 2005 by three em...

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (or "Elks Club") had modest beginnings in 1868 as a drinking club (then called the ...

Volkswagen , or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It forms the core of Volkswagen Group, one of the world'...

Moxie , a carbonated beverage, is considered to be the USA's first mass produced soft drink. Created in 1876 by Dr. Augustin Thompson of...

3 Musketeers is a candy bar made in the U.S. by Mars, Incorporated. It is filled with a fluffy chocolate nougat in the middle. When introdu...

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Snickers is a candy bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It is made from nougat topped with peanuts and caramel covered with milk chocolate. Sni...

Phillips 66 is a brand of gasoline and service station in the U.S. It is part of ConocoPhillips. The company that made Phillips 66 gasolin...

Grauman's Chinese Theatre is a world famous movie theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Built i...

Lipton is the world's biggest tea brand, selling both hot and iced tea around the world. It started as a British tea company, and was f...

Rolex is a brand of Swiss wristwatches and accessories renowned for their quality and exclusivity, as well as their cost (from a few thousa...

Bangkok , known in Thai as Krung Thep , is the capital and largest city of Thailand, with an official 2000 census population of 6,355,144. B...

Elmer's Products, Inc, is the manufacturer of Elmer's Glue-All and other crafts and home repair products, including Krazy Glue, Ros...

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Liquid Paper , a brand name of opaque correction fluid, is used to cover up mistakes on paper without retyping the entire sheet. It was very...

The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly known as HP , is one of the world's largest information technology corporations. Headquartered in...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation, founded (and named after) by Sam Walton in 1962 and first incorporated on October ...