The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
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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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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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7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.
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