The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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As of 2014, Apple has enough money to buy Facebook, or Netflix, Tesla, Twitter, Dropbox, Pandora, and Spotify combined - with $59 billion to spare!
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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