The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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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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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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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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HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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