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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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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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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Nintendo has banked so much money, they could run a deficit of over $250 million every year and still survive until 2052.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House in Kaifeng, China is considered the world’s oldest operating restaurant, first opening in 1153 AD during the Jing Dynasty.
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The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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