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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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    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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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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    A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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    Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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    Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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