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    A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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    20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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    Google's Mower Goats
    Google's Mower Goats
    Rather than using mechanical mowers, Google regularly employs a flock of 200 goats to naturally mow and fertilise the lawns.
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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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