The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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Yahoo! was originally called 'Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web'.
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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!
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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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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