David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon.

Approximately every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls their hamstring.

Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg's Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.

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