Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about KFC

1. The handwritten recipe for the exact name and amount of each spice used in the secret recipe is locked in a vault at the chain’s corporate location in Louisville, Kentucky.
2. KFC is currently owned by YUM! Brands.
3. KFC changed its name from Kentucky Fried Chicken because the U.S. government banned them from using the word ‘chicken’ (as the chain was using mutant chickens).
4. Harland David Sanders, the founder of KFC enrolled in the army by lying about his age (he was 13).
5. The Original Fried Chicken Was Done in a Pressure Cooker.

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about McDonald's

1. McDonald's is the largest distributor of toys in the world.
2. It hires around 1 million workers in US every year.
3. McDonald’s is the world’s largest restaurant chain with more than 34,000 restaurants worldwide.
4. Sharon Stone,Shania Twain, Jay Leno, Rachel McAdams and Pink have worked at McDonald's
5. It sells more than 75 hamburgers per second.

 

Corporate : 5 things you didn't know about eBay

1. Founded in September of 1995, eBay is a global online marketplace where practically anyone can trade practically anything.
2. eBay has a global presence in 39 markets, including the U.S.
3. Marketplaces have over 128 million active users worldwide.
4. eBay users worldwide trade $2,767 worth of goods on the site every second.
5. Marketplaces net revenues totaled $2.2 billion in Q4 2013.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Instagram

1. 12. Stanford grads Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger founded Instagram in 2010.
2. Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion in 2011.
3. No filter is the most popular filter.
4. Justin Bieber is the most followed person.
5. As of 2014, 16 billion photos have been uploaded.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about emeralds

1. Most aquamarine is heated to get rid of the natural sea foam green color to produce the blue aquamarine.
2. Emeralds are harder than quartz, tourmaline, and tanzanite but, are not as hard as rubies, sapphires, or diamonds.
3. Poor quality gemstones, including poor quality emeralds, can be brittle because they have too many inclusions or cracks running through the gemstone.
4. Clarity enhancements are used to minimize the appearance of inclusions in emeralds.
5. Emeralds do not “dry out” nor do they need to be re-oiled every few years.
   

Sports : 5 things you didn't know about Foosball

1. Foosball is also known as Table Soccer.
2. The headquarters for the International Table Soccer Federation is in Nantes, France.
3. Foosball tournaments have been running as early as the 1950’s.
4. Professionals can compete for up to $100,000 in international tournaments that can last up to a week.
5. French-style players often call foosball “baby-foot”.

Random : 5 things you didn't know about your fingernails

1. Fingernails grow about 3.5mm per month.
2. Nails and hair are made of the same material - keratin.
3. Men's nails grow faster than women's nails.
4. Nails distinguish humans from primates.
5. Nail biting is called onychophagia.