10 Dark Secrets Behind Your Favorite Companies

10 Dark Secrets Behind Your Favorite Companies

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Social Studies

11th Grade - University

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The video explores the dark histories of well-known companies, revealing surprising and disturbing origins. Nintendo's past includes love hotels and crime syndicate ties. Volkswagen's Beetle was a Nazi project, and the company used slave labor during WWII. Nike's success is marred by sweatshop use, and its slogan has a dark origin. Bayer once marketed heroin as a wonder drug. Listerine created a fake medical condition to boost sales. IKEA used forced labor from the USSR. Ford was anti-Semitic and admired by Nazis. Nestle's powdered milk marketing led to infant deaths. IBM's technology aided the Holocaust. United Fruit overthrew governments for profit.

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