The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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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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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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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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Jon Bon Jovi has a restaurant that has no prices; guests pay whatever they can or volunteer in exchange for their meal.
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