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    Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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    In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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    The man who created the Thighmaster was once a Bhuddist Monk.
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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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    If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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    All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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    The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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