90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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The first McDonald’s drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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