Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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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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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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