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    Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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    Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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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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    Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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    Dead Google's Employees' Families Receive Fantastic Package
    If an employee of Google dies, their spouse will receive half their pay for 10 years as well as stock benefits, and any children will receive $1000 a month until they turn 19.
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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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    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Americans buying a Volvo can get a free holiday to Sweden to test drive their new car. All costs, including airfare and shipment of the car, are covered by the Volvo Overseas Delivery program.
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    Coca Cola owns all the domain names that can be read as 'ahh'. Such as ahh.com, ahhhh.com, ahhhhh.com, and so on... all the way up to 62 h's!
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