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Mentioned in movies…
In the 1987 sketch film “Flicks,” a spaceship
crew member claims to hail from the planet Brillo®,
where he “once had a pad”. |
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Turned into prized objects
d’ art… Andy Warhol’s 1964 sculpture
“Brillo® Boxes” turned
the art world on its ear. |
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Enshrined in popular music…
Who can forget Frank Zappa’s inimitable 1973 single
“Camarillo Brillo?” |
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Satisfying discriminating diners…
On your next trip to Rome, drop by No. 12 Via della Fontanella
and reserve a table at Il Brillo Parlante…mangia! |
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A critical link in the development
of modern technology…In 1957, Fairchild Semiconductor
was born as eight inventors used $3500 of their own money
to develop a method of mass-producing silicon transistors
(previously, transistors could only be manufactured one
at a time). The new company was profitable within six
months with the help of its first sale: an order from
IBM™ for 100 transistors at $150 apiece. The order
was shipped in a Brillo® carton picked
up at a local supermarket by company co-founder Jay Last. |
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