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    There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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    The Gmail logo was designed the night before it was launched.
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    The first McDonald’s drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”
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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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    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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    In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    At YouTube Headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or slide.
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