The YKK that you see on zippers stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which is the name of the founder of the zipper manufacturing company in Japan. The world’s first motel opened in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in 1925. It was initially called “”Milestone Motel,”” and later changed to “”Motel Inn.”” The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916.