Bon Jovi Pay What You Can Restaurant

Jon Bon Jovi is the lead singer of the band Bon Jovi. The band has had crazy amounts of success and their songs have been sung in karaoke bars across the world. As it turns out, Jon Bon Jovi is an extremely charitable man and is helping people live on a prayer.

Jon Bon Jovi started the JBJ Soul Foundation charity, which runs the non profit restaurant, Soul Kitchen. The menu for this restaurant has no prices, because the customers only have to pay if they want to! If they choose to pay, they only have to pay $10. If they pay anything more, they are paying for a discount on someone else’s meal!

Jon Bon Jovi says he understands that money is extremely tight for most families, and that there are too many people in the world that are going hungry, so he got the idea to open this restaurant! The rules are if you don’t pay you can volunteer to work at the restaurant until your meal is paid for!

Source: omg-facts.com

Coca-cola Only Sold 25 Bottles In Their First Year Of Business

Coca-Cola began it's existance in a three-legged brass pot in the backyard of John S. Pemberton on May 8, 1886. 

Pemberton was a pharmacist trying to create a new headache tonic.

Pemberton took his creation to the now famous Jacob's Pharmacy, about 2 blocks from his home.

There the syrup was mixed with cold tap water and sold to ailing customers for 5 cents.

As the story goes, a customer in great pain came in and ordered the syrup and the soda jerk accidentally mixed it with carbonated water instead of regular tap water.

The customer loved the new drink, declaring it "Delicious and Refreshing!"

Frank Robinson, Pemberton's partner and bookkeeper, suggested the name "Coca-Cola", taking each part of the name from a key ingredient in the product and proclaiming that the two C's would look good in advertising.  Mr. Robinson penned "Coca-Cola" in the unique flowing script that is now famous worldwide!  In 1886, sales of Coca-Cola averaged 9 drinks per day. That first year, Pemberton sold only 25 gallons of syrup. For his efforts, Pemberton grossed $50.00 and spent $73.96 on advertising!
As John Pemberton's health grew worse, he sold the company off. Asa Candler took sole ownership of the company by 1891 for a mere $2,300.00!!! (that included all rights, including his initial investment!)

Today, Coca-Cola is available in nearly 200 countries around the globe and its trademark is written in approximately 80 languages! It is one of the most recognizable logos in the world!

Source: angelfire.com