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Trivia: What is the term for large bird strikes on airplane windshields or shredded inside turbine engines? Both historical guests offered a larger number of products at set prices through their publications which all of us have also used—a groundbreaking approach in the late 1800s. Effectively making goods accessible to people across the country.

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Trivia: Did you know the phrase "dead as a doornail," dates back to the 14th century? Mystery Guest: the company that bears his name today was founded by someone else in 1898. Business grew rapidly, and in 1912 became the world's largest company making something essential to modern life. Our mystery guest was so obsessed with making this puncture proof material his family nearly starved. He was thrown in debtor’s prison reserved for people who were unable to pay their debts. However in 1839 this chemist discovered by accident that heat and sulfur alters the consistency of material vital to this product still mass produced today.

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Driving hundreds of miles as a Road Warrior in the early 1900s meant eating nearly all meals in a roadside diner. Minimum state and federal food safety regulations weren’t really enforced at the time. As a result, travelers took a gamble when stopping to get something to eat at a flashing neon sign. So, around 1935, our mystery guest started keeping a daily log. Whenever he stopped in a restaurant during his travels, he would jot down notes about the taste and quality of the food. Interesting to note while enjoying good eating he never really learned how to cook while collecting profits from tasty morsels that we still enjoy eating today.