Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House in Kaifeng, China is considered the world’s oldest operating restaurant, first opening in 1153 AD during the Jing Dynasty.
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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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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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