--- title: "What are the most interesting facts you know?" description: "What are the most interesting facts you know?" author: "John Smith" published: 2017-11-25 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31165/what-are-the-most-interesting-facts-you-know category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge", "knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # What are the most interesting facts you know? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani **The most renowned [brand](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13090/icon-the-identity-of-your-brand) Adidas and Puma is actually of two real brothers Adi Dassler and Rudi Dassler.** Dassler brother **used to live in a small Bavarian town which is located in Germany.** They didn’t belong to a very lavish [family](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43867/family-rv-parks-in-las-vegas-and-laughlin) as their father used to work in a shoes [factory](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304231/factory-vs-service-in-angularjs-which-one-better) and mother worked as a laundress.![What are the most interesting facts you know?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/4e7ab6ee-336f-428c-943a-4566236781e3/images/8e2916c0-374c-4004-a825-4134e591be53.png)\ **Both the brother was a part of the German army in the World War 1** and as after they returned from the war the idea of making shoes strike in the mind of younger brother Adi.\ **At first, Adi started making shoes in the backroom of his mother’s wash house** and Adi applied his skills in creating shoes as he used to see his father’s work and very soon Rudi also joined in and then they opened a proper factory of shoes.The **shoes used to be hand shewn which very soon became the part of European sports market.** Their pair of shoes was been seen in foots of people and the market within 4 years since their establishment.\ **Reason for conflict \** Just like the World War 1 they again were again framed and participated in the **[World War 2](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31150/second-world-war-started-in-which-year)** and they were the members of Nazi party led by **[Adolf Hitler](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31151/who-was-hitler)** in which **Adi who was the younger one stayed in the factory** to **supply weapon** to the German Army, however, Rudi was sent to fight in which he was captured by the allies.\ **As after he was freed by the allied forces he was convinced with a misconception** that his brother was also **involved in this whole scenario.** This **misconception led both the brother in the separation of the shoe company.**![What are the most interesting facts you know?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/4e7ab6ee-336f-428c-943a-4566236781e3/images/5b275e46-afcf-4494-a9d8-53a361ff34f9.png)\ **As Adi named his company by [combining](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85223/hybrid-vehicles-combining-fuel-efficiency-and-performance) few letters of his surname and named his company Adidas** were as **Rudolf also opened a firm name Puma which means Panther in German.**However, both the company are renowned at [international](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2891/lenovo-must-pay-interdigital-138-7-million-for-patents) level and are one of the top-[selling](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2306/ccpa-fined-amazon-seller-cloudtail-india-for-selling-cookware-outside-of-bis-standards) brands. ![What are the most interesting facts you know?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/4e7ab6ee-336f-428c-943a-4566236781e3/images/91eeadbf-9db7-4a5b-8190-514ab14c93e3.png)**"This was an amazing fact for me which I got to know a few days back"** ### Answer by Sanjay Tolani You guys will be amazed to know that there are platforms for renting of second hand books where you can rent college text books, novels etc. and return them after reading. Isn't it amazing! The best among them are [Snatch Books](http://www.snatchbooks.com) etc. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31165/what-are-the-most-interesting-facts-you-know Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.