Colgate's first toothpaste was sold in jars!
In 1806, William Colgate opened at starch, soap, and candle factory in New York. The business was relatively successful until William had a heart attack and retired from his job. When his son, Samuel Colgate, took over, he revolutionized the business and began manufacturing perfume and toothpaste instead. In 1873, the firm introduced their first toothpaste, in a jar!
While it sounds extremely odd for toothpaste to be in a jar now, back then it was completely normal. In fact, it was Colgate that altered the norm and began putting their product in tubes. By 1908, they were the first to sell mass produced toothpaste in tubes and became one of the largest American companies!
It’s a very little known fact in English speaking countries that the kings in a deck of cards each represent a real person from history. The king of spades is David of the David and Goliath story, clubs is Alexander the Great, diamonds is Julius Caesar, and hearts is Charlemagne!
Murray was celebrating his 20th birthday and flying to Denver. He was in line at O’Hare International Airport and jokingly told another person he had 2 bombs in his luggage. The ticket lady heard the comment and brought over the federal agents.
Ben Padilla, an aircraft mechanic and his helper were working on the 727 to get it flight-ready. Padilla had a private pilot’s license, but his helper had no experience. A 727 requires 3 pilots to fly it.
