The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
7
Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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Coca Cola owns all the domain names that can be read as 'ahh'. Such as ahh.com, ahhhh.com, ahhhhh.com, and so on... all the way up to 62 h's!
5
The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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