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 Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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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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Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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