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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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    Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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    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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    The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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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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    Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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