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[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 120 points 2 days ago (19 children)

Yamaha started as an Organ and piano manufacturer.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 105 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Hence why their logo is 3 tuning forks.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

BMW started off making aircraft engines over a hundred years ago when powered aircraft were first being developed .... which is why their logo is a circle with four different coloured quarters, it's the image of a spinning propeller

Just don't ask them what they were doing between 1933 and 1945

[–] Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Just don't ask them what they were doing between 1933 and 1945

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Silent movies with Chaplin?

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