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

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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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The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.

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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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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.

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Rather than using mechanical mowers, Google regularly employs a flock of 200 goats to naturally mow and fertilise the lawns.

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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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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.

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