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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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    At YouTube Headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or slide.
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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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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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    Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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    Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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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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    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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