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TIL the neighborhood of Rego Park, Queens (NYC) got its name from the Real Good Construction Company, which began residential development in the area in the 1920s, combining the first two letters of “Real” and “Good.”

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 12:09 am

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The Court-martial and Dismissal of Captain Edwin J. Scranton, Company F, 128th USCT, on Charges of Miscegenation

by HistoryBuff September 6, 2022, 10:33 pm

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If you could rewrite history so any big company, either modern or defunct, would no longer exist, which would it be and why?

by QuestionGuy September 6, 2022, 3:41 am

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Your username is now a company, what does it sells?

by QuestionGuy September 1, 2022, 6:49 am

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TIL that the Harlem Globetrotters is currently owned by the same company that owns Dolly Parton’s theme park, Dollywood, the Vancouver Aquarium and a bunch more amusement parks, water parks, dinner shows, attractions and hotels.

by whatilearned August 25, 2022, 5:48 pm

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TIL that CarMax was founded by the now-defunct consumer electronics company, Circuit City

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 8:56 pm

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TIL in 2007, an adhesive company was sued for 16million for manslaughter charges as a result of structure failure that take place in the world’s most expensive highway

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 3:42 pm

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TIL that by the time the place of origin for pepper had been located, the East India Company was chartered in 1601. By 1603, the EIC brought a million pounds of black pepper (1/4 the total demand in Europe) back to London

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 1:53 am

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TIL that the giant gaming company, “Nintendo” was created in 1889 as the “Yamauchi Nintendo”, a playing card manufacturer.

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 9:29 am

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If brands couldn’t lie in marketing, what would be some brutally honest company slogans?

by QuestionGuy August 19, 2022, 11:19 pm

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TIL the Danelectro eletric guitar company bought a surplus of women’s lipstick tubes, put a bar magnet wrapped directly in copper wire in them, and made one of the most basic and cheapest pick-ups to date.

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 10:05 am

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TIL a US train company plans to connect major Northeast metropolitan hubs, including a one-hour service from DC to NYC, with the world’s fastest high-speed trains (operational speed of 310 mph – 500 km/h)

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 7:11 am

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