Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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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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Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs.
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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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