The earliest known example of an organized market for equities dates from Rome, second century B.C.

In the 1920's, Q-Tips were invented by Leo Gerstenzang who got the idea after watching his wife clean their baby's ears with cotton stuck onto a toothpick.

Pebbles cereal was actually named after the shape of the cereal and not the Pebbles Flintstone character.

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