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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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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Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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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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The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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