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    80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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    In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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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 product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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    Dmitry Argakov
    Dmitry Argakov
    A man named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0% interest which the bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract and won.
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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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