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    Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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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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    The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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    A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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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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    Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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    Dunkin' Donuts
    Dunkin' Donuts
    Dunkin' Donuts in South Korea started spraying coffee aroma into public buses every time their jingle played. Coffee sales increased 29%.
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    The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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