David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, which he named after his favorite playwright William Shakespeare, and Stratford on Avon.

The world record for donut eating is held by John Haight, who ate 29 donuts (52 ounces) in a little over six minutes.

Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.

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