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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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Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.

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There’s a KFC for deaf people in Pakistan, India, and Egypt.

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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.

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Despite being one of the top 10 richest men in the world, Ingvar Kamprad (founder of IKEA) lives in a small home, eats at IKEA, and uses the bus.

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CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m

Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.

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There are coffee houses in Russia where food and drink are free, but you pay for time.

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All employees of Ben & Jerry’s get to take home 3 free pints of ice cream every single day!

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