With 119 losses, second most in MLB history, they narrowly performed better than the Chicago White Sox of last year who had 121 losses and set the modern MLB record for worst season in MLB history. However, the Colorado Rockies had a run differen ...
Solyndra, founded in 2005 by former employees of Applied Materials, offered a novel alternative: cylinders coated in sunlight-absorbing chemicals. The tubes were lighter than polysilicon-based panels and potentially easier to install. The company ...
In 2014, Hooli was formed on the HBO show Silicon Valley. Hooli lost a major court battle to Pied Piper, which leads to the dissolution of a division of Hooli. What was left of Hooli became part of Pied Piper. Pied Piper was dissolved, so Hooli ...
Released in 2007, this energy drink was pulled from shelves in the US because of its suggestive name. The FDA decided that Cocaine was “illegally marketing the drink as both a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement.” The drink is still sol ...
Built in 1957, Ford invested $400 million in development, manufacturing, and marketing of the Edsel. Ford believed that the Edsel was the "car of the future." However, once it was unveiled to the public, it failed so badly to appeal to the consume ...
The 2024 Chicago White Sox had the most losses, 121, of any Major League Baseball team in modern-day history finishing the season 80 games below .500 and 51.5 games out of first place. They scored the fewest runs of any team in the past 50 years ...
The 1916 Philadelphia A's achieved a record of 36 wins against 117 losses making them the poorest performing team in MLB history with a .235 winning percentage.
The 1961 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 79th in franchise history. The Phillies finished the season in last place in the National League at 47–107, 46 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. The team lost 23 games in a row, the most in M ...
The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League, 60+1⁄2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants, who had once called New York home. The M ...
Founded in 1998, Boo.com wanted become the largest online sports e-retailer in the world, planning to set up stores in both Europe and America simultaneously. The company spent $135M in venture capital in just 18 months and went out of business in ...
