A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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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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The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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Over 4.6 million Whopper sandwiches are sold at Burger King every day!
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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