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    Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
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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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    The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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    Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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    20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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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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    Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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