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.
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Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.
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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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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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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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The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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