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    Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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    In the mid-90’s, Coca Cola recalled an advertising poster due to a hidden sexual image.
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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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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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    Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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    Carlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for free.
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