The advertising character we know as the Michelin...  ...company off and on for 116 years now. His name is Bibendum , a moniker he gained from an appropriated artwork...  ...ird now, but his creators did not know Latin. And Bibendum was quite an odd character 100 years ago.Many of...

You've seen them before. These famous mascots have...  ...s You Didn't Know (until now, that is). 1. Bibendum , the Michelin Man We all knew hi...  ...e for all of us to learn its true name: Bibendum , or Bib for short. In 1889, the founders o...  ...d created for a local...