Trivia and Amazing Facts
- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
- Panama hats come from Ecuador not Panama.
- Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
- Over 2,500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.
- Packaging from consumer goods comprises about one-third of the nation's trash. Approximately 50 percent of the nation's paper, eight percent of its steel, 75 percent of its glass, 40 percent of its aluminum, and 30 percent of its plastic are used solely for packaging.
