The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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Newman’s Own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
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There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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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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Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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