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    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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    There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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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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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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    20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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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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