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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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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Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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