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    Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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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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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
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    In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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    There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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