FatherOften
FatherOften t1_j9fn1fs wrote
Reply to TIL that Milton Bradley originally had been in the business of selling pictures of celebrities. After his biggest seller Abraham Lincoln grew his iconic beard and rendered his entire stock of lithographs worthless and had customers demanding their money back, MB switched to selling board games by Loki-L
That is the perfect definition of a pain pivot in business!
FatherOften t1_ixesfdv wrote
Reply to comment by hagcel in TIL that the Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn inspired Morgan Freeman's involvement with nature documentaries. by J_S_M_K
Ishmael My Ishmael Story of B
FatherOften t1_jd7sa7c wrote
Reply to TIL that mosquitos can be a nuisance for everyone but not for the people in Iceland. Simply because they don't exist there: by bringmeturtles
Good on you Iceland! Here in Texas the mosquitoes have already come out.