In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
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The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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Lentil As Anything, a successful Australian restaurant, allows its customers to pay whatever price they feel like paying for the food.
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The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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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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The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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