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    Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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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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    Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
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    At YouTube Headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or slide.
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    80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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    The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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    Walt Disney World generates about 120,000 pounds of garbage every day.
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