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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Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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The man who created the Thighmaster was once a Bhuddist Monk.
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Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
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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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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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Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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