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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Nintendo has banked so much money, they could run a deficit of over $250 million every year and still survive until 2052.
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A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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Newman’s Own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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