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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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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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    Walt Disney World generates about 120,000 pounds of garbage every day.
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    Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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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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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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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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    Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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