The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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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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Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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