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One is a global health care company.  The other is the world’s most famous fictional detective, who has a very real museum dedicated to him at 221B Baker Street in London, his famous fictional residence.  So what does Sherlock Holmes have to do with the founding of Johnson & Johnson?  Well, Watson, if you haven’t already deduced the answer (one might even be tempted to say it’s elementary), read on to find out how they’re connected! Public domain illustration of Sherlock Holmes by Victorian illustrator Sidney Paget. Sherlock Holmes illustration courtesy of Wikimedia Commons at this link. B

Almost everyone has played the “Six Degrees of Separation” game at one time or another.  It’s a perfect example of how interconnected the world is…and how connected it is to the game’s inspiration and ultimate focal point, actor Kevin Bacon.  As a company that’s more than 125 years old, Johnson & Johnson has quite a few surprising connections of its own, so here’s Six Degrees of Separation…Johnson & Johnson style. Public Domain photo of Thomas Edison Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin -- via way of Wikimedia commons. 1.      Thomas Alva Edi