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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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    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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    It has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve.
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    The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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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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    Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
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    Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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    Dmitry Argakov
    Dmitry Argakov
    A man named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0% interest which the bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract and won.
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