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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    Newman’s Own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
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    When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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    Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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    In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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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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