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  • Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter.
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  • Bill Gates house was partially designed using a Macintosh computer.
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  • In the late 1960's, Mountain Dew bottles featured a hillbilly on them. These are now collector items worth five to ten dollars.
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  • In 1949 UNICEF produced the first charity Christmas card. The picture shown on the card was painted by a seven year old girl.
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  • 18% of an Americans income is spent on transportation.
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  • According to research, the most productive workday is Tuesday and the least productive is Friday.
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  • American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
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  • Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash.
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  • Americans write approximately 50 billion checks a year making it the second most frequent payment method used after cash.
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  • Amtrak is the combination of the words "American" and "Track".
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  • Bill Gates donated close to $100 million to fight AIDS in India. As a percent of his total wealth, this would be comparable to him donating ten cents if he only had $60.
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  • Boeing completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing on the first 747.
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