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🧱LEGO: Earth’s Biggest Toy Biz
Dec 24, 2024Click… That satisfying sound of Lego bricks has brought joy to millions of kids - and adults (kidults?) for more than 70 years. But did you know it all started in a Danish carpenter's workshop during ...
🍬 PEZ: The Cigarette-Inspired Candy
Dec 17, 2024PEZ - the fruity, sugary tablets dispensed from your favorite cartoon character’s neck conjure up sweet childhood memories of swapping and collecting dispensers. (I’ll trade you my red Power Ranger fo...
🏀 Air Jordans: How MJ's Mom Made the Deal of the Century
Dec 10, 2024It’s simply the most popular sneaker in history. With $7B in annual sales today, Nike and Michael Jordan’s shoe deal changed sports, fashion and marketing forever - But it never would’ve happened with...
📷 Polaroid: Invented (sort of) by a 3-Year-Old
Dec 03, 2024It’s the OG of instant photography — It paved the way for the iPhone, inspired Instagram, and fills every photo album on your parents’ bookshelf. Polaroid became a fave of world-class artists like Ans...
🛁 Jacuzzi: Legend of the Life-Saving Tub
Nov 26, 2024Break out the bubbly, turn on the jets, and hop into our Hot Tub Time Machine: we’re going back to the origins of the Jacuzzi. The world’s most iconic whirlpool has become a symbol of status and luxur...
👖 Levi's 501s: The World’s 1st Jeans
Nov 19, 2024What do Old West gold miners, biker gangs and Marilyn Monroe all have in common? The same pair of jeans…Invented by a down-on-his-luck immigrant tailor in the 1870s, this classic riveted pant launched...
🌶️ Sriracha: From Smuggled Gold to Hot Sauce Billions
Nov 12, 2024Chances are you’ve got a bottle of Sriracha chilling in your fridge right now, but have no idea who invented it — or the spicy story of how he made it happen. Entrepreneur David Tran fled Vietnam in t...
🚙 Jeep: The Car That Saved The World
Nov 05, 2024The Jeep isn’t just a car, it’s a cult: inspiring clubs, meetups, even its own “Jeep Wave.” From cameos in M*A*S*H to Mean Girls, the Jeep’s been ranked the most patriotic brand in America for 20-stra...
👣 The Birkenstock Arizona: From Flower Power to Fashion Week
Oct 29, 2024The Birkenstock Arizona has adorned famous feet from John Lennon’s to Steve Jobs’ to Barbie’s—but the brand itself is older than America, and has gone through more eras than Taylor Swift (plus, won ov...
🍄 Super Mario Bros: Nintendo’s Infinite Game
Oct 22, 2024Mario isn’t just the most beloved plumber in history - he’s the most successful video game character of all time. With over 800 million games sold, Mario and his brother Luigi have “wahoo-ed” their wa...