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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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    In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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    'Bimbo' is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    There’s a KFC for deaf people in Pakistan, India, and Egypt.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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