Strange But True

• A single share of Coca-Cola stock, purchased in 1919, when the company went public, would have been worth $92,500 in 1997.
• 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.
• Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators, where it was first developed.
• Hershey's Kisses are called that, because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.
• In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting out advertising space on his cows.

(fromwww.crazynews.net)