The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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