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  2. Vaseline - Wikipedia

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    Vaseline (/ ˈ v æ s ə l iː n /) [1] [2] [note 1] is an American brand of petroleum jelly-based products owned by transnational company Unilever. [3] Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams, soaps , lotions , cleansers, and deodorants .

  3. Robert Chesebrough - Wikipedia

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    Chesebrough opened his first factory in 1870. The first known reference to the name Vaseline is in his U.S. patent: "I, Robert Chesebrough, have invented a new and useful product from petroleum which I have named 'Vaseline…'" . The word is believed to come from German Wasser (water) + Ancient Greek: έλαιον (élaion, oil). [5]

  4. Petroleum jelly - Wikipedia

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    Petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [1] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. [2]

  5. List of food origins - Wikipedia

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    Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]

  6. Unilever - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s, the business grew, and new ventures were launched in Africa and Latin America. During this time, Unilever acquired the United Africa Company, created from a merger of the African & Eastern Trade Corporation and the Royal Niger Company, which oversaw British trade interests in present-day Nigeria during the colonial era. [8]

  7. Maybelline - Wikipedia

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    Maybelline New York (formerly The Maybelline Company and Mabelline and Co.), [1] trading as and commonly known as simply Maybelline (/ ˈ m eɪ b ɪ l iː n / MAY-bil-een), is an American multinational cosmetics, skin care, perfume, and personal care company, based in New York City.

  8. Oreo - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the name "Oreo" is unknown, but there are many hypotheses, including derivations from the French word or, meaning "gold" (the original tin was gold-colored [7]); the Greek word ὄρος (oros), meaning "mountain" (the cookie was originally conceived to be dome-shaped [7] [8]); or the Greek word ωραίο (oreo) meaning "nice" or "attractive". [9]

  9. Zam-Buk - Wikipedia

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    Zam-Buk is a patent medicine which was produced by the Zam-Buk Company of Leeds, England, founded by Charles Edward Fulford.It was first sold by his Bile Beans company in 1902, [1] as a herbal balm and antiseptic ointment; the use of a complementary Zam-Buk soap was recommended to augment the treatment.