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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    Dead Google's Employees' Families Receive Fantastic Package
    If an employee of Google dies, their spouse will receive half their pay for 10 years as well as stock benefits, and any children will receive $1000 a month until they turn 19.
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    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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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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    Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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    Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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    Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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