Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House in Kaifeng, China is considered the world’s oldest operating restaurant, first opening in 1153 AD during the Jing Dynasty.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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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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The average company saves over $7,000 for each employee suggestion that is enacted!
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