Fast Facts: Feb. 23
February 23, 2011
- The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.
- Henry Ford only produced Model T cars in black because black paint, at the time, dried the fastest.
- In some areas, like Papua New Guinea, the shells of sea snails were used as currency.
- When the slot machine area of a Las Vegas casino was infused with a pleasant scent, revenue shot up by 53 percent.
- When lemon oil was diffused throughout a Japanese office building, productivity among data entry operators increased by 54 percent.
