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    Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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    The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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    There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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    Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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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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    As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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