Like the toothpaste?” Even more embarrassingly, they have to answer, “Yes, a little bit.” Do you ever wonder, though, how Colgate established such a stranglehold on the toothpaste scene?

The men who first mixed the toothpaste that cleans your breath as it cleans your teeth had a major role in Colgate's history. In 1890, James Colby Colgate gave one million dollars to a school ...