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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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Lentil As Anything, a successful Australian restaurant, allows its customers to pay whatever price they feel like paying for the food.
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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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