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[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 121 points 1 month ago (19 children)

Yamaha started as an Organ and piano manufacturer.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 104 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Hence why their logo is 3 tuning forks.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 97 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago

This is a misconception. The chequered blue and white is part of a Bavarian flag, but due to some legal issues they had to straighten it.

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