Times Square was originally called Longacre Square until it was renamed in 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly built Times Building.
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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne started Apple Inc. on April Fools’ Day. The three technology innovators signed the documents to form the Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976. However, the company was not fully incorporated until January 3, 1977. Thirty years later, the company was renamed Apple Inc. and is no joke. In 2018, Apple became the country’s first trillion-dollar company. Of course, computers have come a long way over the years—here’s what computers looked like the decade you were born.
Crayola’s “Flesh” colour was renamed Peach. Whether you noticed it in your crayon boxes through the years or not, one of the interesting facts about this childhood brand is this colour rename. Since flesh comes in many different colours, it was deemed racist to say that just one colour or skin tone counts as “flesh.”
Topeka used to be called ToPikachu. To celebrate Pokemon’s U.S. Debut in 1998, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself “ToPikachu.”
The movie’s release coincided with the establishment of the Shoah Foundation. Spielberg founded the Shoah Foundation, later renamed the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, which archives and preserves testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust.
The inventor of the Frisbee became one after he died. After Walter Morrison died and was cremated in 2010, his family turned him into the very toy he invented in 1955. It was known as the Pluto Platter before Wham-O renamed it the Frisbee.
The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros.
Big Ben Is Not a Clock: One of the interesting facts about England is that, despite what the general public believes, Big Ben is the name of the thirteen-ton bell, not the iconic clock. And Big Ben is often associated with the entire tower. The tower was officially known as St. Stephen’s Tower until 2012 when it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in honour of Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, which marked 60 years on the British throne.