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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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    Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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    Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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