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    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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    There’s a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join the “mile high club”. For $425.00 you get a 1 hour flight, chocolates, champagne, and a curtain.
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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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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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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 upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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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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