L.L.Bean is named after its founder, Leon
Leonwood Bean.
FIAT originally stood for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino,
which translates as "Italian automobile factory of Turin."
FAO Schwarz named after Frederick August Otto Schwarz founder of
the toy store
H & R block, the American tax preparation company in North
America, Australia, and India was founded by brothers Henry W.
Bloch and Richard Bloch. The brothers chose to spell the name
"Block" with a K to ensure the name is not mispronounced
"blotch."
Pam cooking spray comes
from Product of Arthur Meyerhoff, the founder of PAM Products,
Inc.
KLM is the abbreviation
of Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Aviation Company)
Royal Dutch Airlines. During September 1919, Queen Wilhelmina
awarded the yet-to-be-founded KLM its "Royal" (Koninklijke)
status.
Bonus - Captcha, that
code you have to type in for security purposes stands for
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and
Humans Apart. Interesting that it is a computer testing us
to prove we are human.
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