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    There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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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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    If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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    Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    The Gmail logo was designed the night before it was launched.
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    There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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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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