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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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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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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