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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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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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    The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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    Steve Jobs' Secretary
    Steve Jobs' Secretary
    Steve Jobs' secretary told him that she was late for work because her car wouldn't start. That very afternoon, Jobs came back and threw her a set of keys to a brand new Jaguar, saying: "Here, don’t be late anymore."
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    Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
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    Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
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    Dmitry Argakov
    Dmitry Argakov
    A man named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0% interest which the bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract and won.
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