The Surprisingly Strange Origins Of 22 Famous Companies

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Ever wonder how famous companies got their start? No? Maybe you should, because sometimes their origin stories are really weird. Usually, in fact. Here are some of the strangest, most surprising back stories behind famous companies.
And these are just the ones our readers could come up with off the tops of their heads.
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