Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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Rick Harrison of the hit reality show Pawn Stars, dropped out of high school in 10th grade because he was making $2000 a week selling fake Gucci bags.
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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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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
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Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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