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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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    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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    80% of Publishers' Clearing House $10 million winners did not purchase any magazine subscriptions!
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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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    Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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