Multiplying the ways in which consumers can interact with your brand is often quite the challenge.
It usually requires companies to branch outside of their comfort zones, much like an oral hygiene business diving into the world of frozen foods.
So we at Bored Panda decided it would be interesting to take a look at the times when big names announced products they weren't really known for.
After all, he who never takes risks doesn't get to drink champagne, right?
#1 Subaru Branded Honey From My Local Dealership. Harvested From Their Rooftop
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#2 Colgate Beef Lasagna
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#3 Big Mac Shower Gel (Courtesy Of Austrian McDonald's)
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#4 Twix Seasoning For Popcorn, Ice Cream, Cookie Dough And More
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#5 Louis Vuitton Fire Extinguishers. To Fight Fire With Style
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#6 I Was Cleaning Out An Old Apartment And Found A 1982 Coca-Cola Screwdriver Set
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#7 Dad Still Uses The Coleman-Made, Marlboro-Branded, 12V Car Refrigerator He Got From A '90s Marlboro Catalog
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#8 Volkswagen (VW) Is The Largest Producer Of A Particular Type Of Sausage (Currywurst) In Germany
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#9 Found This Old Volvo Cap Where The Strap Is A Seatbelt
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#10 My McDonald's Themed Deck Of Cards Has The Queen Holding The Burger, So There Wouldn’t Be A Burger King
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#11 LEGO Brick Shoe Box
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#12 Hello Kitty Pasta Sauce Anyone?
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#13 If You Thought That The Perfect Soap Doesn't Exist, Here's For You
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#14 This Luxurious Watch
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#15 This Hairdryer With A Ferrari Motor
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#16 A Ferrari Cellphone
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#17 Hyundai Not Only Makes Cars But Shoes As Well
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#18 This Turkish Muslim Girl Working At McDonald's Has A McDonald's Branded Hijab (Istanbul, Turkey)
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#19 McDonald's Made A Fry Radio In The '80s And My Dad Gave Me His
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#20 USB Power Bank Disguised As A Mini Generator
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#21 Fried Chicken Scented Fire Log
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#22 Yoghurt Cosmopolitan
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#23 The Michelin Tire Company Is The Same Michelin That Issues Michelin Stars To Restaurants And Hotels
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#24 Guinness - The Famous Brand Of Beer And "The Book Of Records"
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#25 My Dad Owns A Working 40-Year-Old Mitsubishi Sharpener And You Can Adjust The Sharpness Of A Pencil
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#26 I Ordered An Oil Filter For My Car And It Came With Mercedes Perfume
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#27 This Radio I Found In My Attic Is Built To Resemble A Coca Cola Vending Machine
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#28 Dunkin’ Donuts Beer
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#29 Dr. Pepper Scented Tissues
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#30 Pringles Ramen
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#31 Crayola Calculator
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#32 I'll Wear This To The Next Wedding
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#33 Cheetos Lip Balm
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#34 Strawberry Mentos Bath Bombs
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#35 Samsung Made The Barbells At My Gym
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#36 Samsung Runs A Fashion Store In South Korea
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#37 I Got KFC Socks With My Delivery Order
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#38 Dr. Pepper, I Think You Went Too Far This Time
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#39 My Neighbours Also Park Their Lamborghini In Their Front Yard
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#40 Wife Asked For A Car For Her Birthday And I Promised Her That While I Was Drunk. So, Here It Is - I Bought Her A Toyota Car
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#41 Not Only Is It A Payphone, It's A McDonald's Branded Payphone (Waterville, ME)
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#42 My School Has An M&M Branded Ball In The Shape Of An M&M
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#43 This Water Cooler Was Manufactured By Hyundai (Car Producer)
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#44 This Nissan Pepper Grinder
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#45 These Nissan Candies I Found In Denmark
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#46 This Mitsubishi Computer
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#47 My School's Chairs Were Manufactured By PlayStation
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#48 A Double A Battery Made By The Auto Manufacturer Ford
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#49 Coca-Cola Brand Skirt
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#50 My Dad Got This BMW Water With His New Car
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#51 Official Heinz Shirt That Has A Fake Ketchup Stain On It
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#52 IKEA Is Now Selling Hats Made Out Of IKEA Bags
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#53 What's A Better Way To Light Up Your Nights Than With A Limited Edition KFC Scented Candle
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#54 It’s Cold Outside, But In Here It’s Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Candle
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#55 Mid-1980s Peugeot Pepper Mill
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#56 The Ketchup And Mayonnaise Packets I Got From A Restaurant With My Food Are The Opposite Brands Off What I Would Consider Their Specially
Heinz made the mayo and Hellmann's made the ketchup.
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#57 eCDP, A Nintendo DS Game Designed Specifically For The Training Of New McDonalds Staff In Japan
Copies of the game and the McDonald’s branded DS are extremely rare today.
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#58 Porsche Makes Dress Shoes Designed For The Gas And Brake Pedals
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#59 Dove Beauty Bars And Dove Chocolates
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#60 Apparently, Ferrari Made The Hinges On My Kitchen Cabinets
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#61 The Elevator At My Rome Airbnb Is A Ferrari
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#62 How About A Peugeot Watch I Picked Up 10 Years Ago
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#63 Just Bought A Porsche Today, And They Gave Us Paper Clips Shaped Like Porsches
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#64 Subaru Brand Lip Balm
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#65 These Subaru Branded Glasses
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#66 This McDonald's Employee Is Wearing McDonald's Branded Jeans
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#67 Mitsubishi Sewing Machine
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#68 This Pizza Cutter That Was Given To My GF When She Bought A Car Years Ago. Seems Like An Odd Gift To Give When Selling A Car & Odder Way To Advertise Their Dealership
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#69 My Local Ford Dealership Gives Customers A Bottle Of Mustard With Every Purchase
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#70 This Was In An NHS Hospital In The UK. They Have A Toy MRI Machine In The Hospital Waiting Room
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#71 Louis Vuitton Pencil Holder For 900$
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#72 The Nose Piece On My BMW Glasses Popped Off, Revealing A Smaller BMW Logo
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#73 A Rolls-Royce Ice Cream Truck
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#74 Mercedes-Benz Sweets Look Like Little Car Parts
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#75 Flamin’ Hot Shine With A Vividly Cheesy Color
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#76 I Found This 1985 Harley-Davidson Beer Can In My Grandpa’s Office. It’s Still Full And Unopened
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#77 My Traditional Tattoo Zippo With Bonus Zippo Fragrance
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#78 So McDonald's Have Their Own Brand Of Sauces In Germany
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#79 This About 40-Year-Old, And Still Working, Ford Build Washing Machine
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#80 Subaru Sent Me A Branded Bose Mini Soundlink As A Thanks
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#81 Red Bull And Halls Collaborated To Make A Candy
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#82 McDonald's Gave Away This Speaker To My Brother Who Works There
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#83 My Friend Who Is My Neighbor Still Has Toys R Us Branded Batteries
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#84 Fruit Loop Gummies
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#85 I Don't Know Where They Came From But My Son Has McDonald's Brand Pants
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#86 The Engine On My Plane This Morning Was Made By Rolls-Royce
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#87 Audi Is Dog Friendly. My Car Came Back From The Service With These Dog Toys On The Back Seat. Both Of My Labrador Retrievers Went Nuts
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#88 What If Soap Tasted Like Cilantro?
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#89 Someone Drove A '70s Ford Tractor To Canadian Tire In The Middle Of The City
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#90 My Bathroom Drawers Were Made By Ferrari
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#91 This IKEA Bracket Is Made By Ferrari
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#92 Dodgeball At Dodge Car Dealership
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#93 Found These Pencils Made By Mitsubishi
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#94 The Duracell Power Bank Is Shaped And Branded Like Their Batteries
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#95 This Bugatti Faucet In A Tiny Village In Portugal
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#96 These Scissors Were Made By Bugatti, Who Makes Some Of The Most Powerful Cars On Earth
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#97 When You Order A Knife Directly From Fällkniven They Also Send You These Branded Band-Aids With Your Package
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#98 Lamborghini Cigarettes Straight From South Korea
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#99 This 30-Year-Old Spoon And A Little Bottle I Bought Yesterday Are Made By The Same Brand Somehow
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#100 This 1934 Rolls-Royce Book About How To Speak French. Very Prestigious
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#101 Found An Abandoned Mitsubishi TV, Thought They Only Made Cars
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