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    Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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    There’s a KFC for deaf people in Pakistan, India, and Egypt.
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    The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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    If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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    A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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    80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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