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    Dead Google's Employees' Families Receive Fantastic Package
    If an employee of Google dies, their spouse will receive half their pay for 10 years as well as stock benefits, and any children will receive $1000 a month until they turn 19.
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    The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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    It has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve.
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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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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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