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    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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    Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
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    In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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    The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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    A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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    The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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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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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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