Amazon Company

Founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos established is company in 1994 after he left his job as a vice president of the Wall Street firm D.E. Shaw.

 Amazon lists 5 promising products as he thought would a great idea:

• Compact Disk

• Computer Hardware

• Computer Software

• Videos

• Books

Shop Amazon - Pre-order Xbox 360 Games

Source: "Amazon.com, Inc." International Directory of Company Histories. Ed. Tina Grant. Vol. 113. Detroit: St. James Press, 2010. Business Insights: Essentials. Web. 12 July 2013

The LONGEST Name of The Place in The World

Taumalawhakalangihanga
koauauotamateaturipukaka
pikimaungahoronukupokaiw
henuakitanatahu

According to the Encyclopedia of New Zealand it means " ‘the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as landeater, played his flute to his loved one’. It refers to the renowned explorer Tamatea, who played music to his beloved on the hill in the background."

                                                               

Source: 

Rāwiri Taonui. 'Tapa whenua – naming places - Traditions and place names from Polynesia', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 14-Nov-12  URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/18650/the-longest-place-name-in-the-world

First Pizzeria in The United States?

Pizza actually came from Neapolitan, Italy.

"Pizza came to the U.S. with Italian immigrants; the first U.S. pizzeria opened in 1905, and pizza became one of the nation's favourite foods after World War II."

                                                                    

Source: Pizza (2012). In Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/ebconcise/pizza

How Much Beef We Consume at McDonalds Each Year?

Americans consume 1 (one) BILLION pounds of Beef at McDonalds restaurants per year!! That is equivalent to Five (5) and Half (1/2) Million Cattle

                                                                                                 





                                                                          

The First United States Commercial Communication

"The First United States Commercial

Communications satellite lunched over Atlantic Ocean in 1965.  The satellite Transmitted the first television pictures across the Atlantic, connecting nine nations."


                                                                       

           Source:   "Early Bird." . : , 2005-01-01. Oxford Reference. 2006-01-01. Date Accessed 1 Jul. 2013               <http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095738878>