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    In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
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    All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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    Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
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    Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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    Dmitry Argakov
    Dmitry Argakov
    A man named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0% interest which the bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract and won.
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    80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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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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