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    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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    GTA V achieved $1 billion in sales just 3 days after its launch.
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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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    The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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