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    Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
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    Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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    The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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    Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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    Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
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