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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    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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    In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.
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    There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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