We have all enjoyed the joys of using various top-notch brands in the world, but little do we know about their origins and behind the stage stories. Here, we have put together some of the most interesting facts about brands that you probably had never heard before. We all love us some good ol' retail therapy & enjoy using brands. Well, here are some interesting facts about brands you did not know!

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2. Originally a manufacturer of aircraft engines, BMW became a car manufacturer after Germany lost World
War I. The Versailles treaty made all airplane companies cease production. The Versailles Treaty virtually
crippled the German economy, and was a major catalyst of the Second World War.

3. After the US established a trade embargo against Nazi Germany, it became impossible for Coca-
Cola Deutschland to import the syrup required to manufacture their soft drink. To counter this,
the head of Coca-Cola Deutscland, Max Keith, decided to concoct a completely new soft drink
from the materials available in Germany, and came up with Fanta. He famously called it the
“leftover of leftovers.”

4. FedEx was facing huge losses and was on a verge of shutdown when owner Fred Smith
impulsively went to Las Vegas and won $27,000 (back in the 1970s) playing Blackjack.

5. KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell are all operated by the same company, Yum! Brands.

6. Adidas owns Reebok. They bought the company in 2005.

7. Volkswagen owns Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Ducati and Skoda.

8. In 1937, the German Labour Front, the labour organisation under Nazi Party, founded Volkswagen.
Back then, most cars were unaffordable to the Germans, who were still reeling from the economic
devastation caused by the first world war. Hitler’s government, thus, came up with a project to
develop a “people’s car” which ultimately birthed Volkswagen.

9. Uber runs choppers in Dubai. You could book a chopper to go shopping.

10. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they
founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

11. The creators of Adidas and Puma were brothers. Adolf Dassler made
Adidas, while elder Rudolf Dassler founded Puma.

12. Starbucks spends big bucks on its employees’ health insurance.

13. Starbucks intentionally makes its tables round so individual
visitors do not feel as lonely.

14. Samsung has business spread to construction and defence. This is one
of the most surprising facts about the brands you’ll ever read.

15. Apple ships various components from a bevy of manufacturers, including its
biggest rival, Samsung. However, of late, Apple has been trying to make its own
components so as to not depend on other companies.

16. Similar strategies are also used by other brands such as Nike, H&M, Burberry and
Urban Outfitters, enraging environmental activists around the world and inspiring
conversations about sustainable fashion.

17. Due to his red-green colorblindness, Mark Zuckerberg picked the
colour blue for his website, Facebook.

18. Pepsin is an enzyme found in our stomachs which helps break down food
proteins. Pepsi got its name because it was originally made to cure dyspepsia.

19. Just like in post world war I Germany, most Indians after independence could not afford
cars. It was proposed by Indira Gandhi’s cabinet in 1971 to make a similar “people’s car” for
middle-class Indians. Maruti was founded by Sanjay Gandhi and he became the managing
director despite having no prior experience.

20. Talk about being literal!
Virgin got its name because its founders were exactly that: virgins!

21. Dabur was formed in 1884 mainly to produce and dispense Ayurvedic medicines.
Today, Dabur has become an integral part of Indian culture with a variety of
products used by millions of Indians.

22. The very first Coca-Cola products contained cocaine — but only around 9 milligrams per
glass. The drug was touted at the time as a substitute for alcohol and was said to cure
opium addiction. But cocaine was removed from Coca-Cola in 1903.

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