Three of the following are FACTS…one is a FIB (scroll down to find out which one!)
1. eBay originally launched in 1995 as a site called AuctionWeb. “eBay” was short for Echo Bay Technology Group. The company made the name change official in 1997.
2. The submarine was invented during the Civil War by an engineer for the Confederacy named Horace Hunley. And he died in 1863 when he was testing one and it SANK.
3. The first product to use a UPC symbol with a bar code was a pack of Tik-Tacs, in 1971. And it’s now in the Smithsonian.
4. Long Island, New York is legally considered a peninsula, not an island.
AND THE FIB IS…(Scroll down)
#3!
The first product to use a UPC symbol with a bar code was a pack of Juicy Fruit gum, in 1974. And it’s now in the Smithsonian.
SOURCES:
(CNBC / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Mental Floss / Wikipedia)
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