9 things you probably didn’t know about Amazon.
1. Amazon was almost given a completely different name. The company was originally called Cadabra, like the magic term “abracadabra.” But Jeff Bezos’ lawyer told him that the magic reference was too obscure, and when you say it out loud, “cadabra” could be mistaken for “cadaver.” Eventually, they came up with the name Amazon, a reference to the river in South America. The idea was that their selection of books would be vast and wide, just like the world’s largest river. They did have many other names in mind and still own one of the domains. If you type in Relentless.com in your browser, you will be redirected to Amazon.com. 2. The company started out selling books. When Jeff Bezos first started the company in 1995, it was just a bookstore run out of his home garage. So when Amazon opened their first physical bookstore in 2015, it was staying true to the roots of the company. 3. Amazon hasn’t paid federal taxes in two years. Amazon’s profits nearly doubled from 2017 to 20...