90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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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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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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