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    The Gmail logo was designed the night before it was launched.
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    Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Volvo's Overseas Delivery Program
    Americans buying a Volvo can get a free holiday to Sweden to test drive their new car. All costs, including airfare and shipment of the car, are covered by the Volvo Overseas Delivery program.
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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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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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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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    The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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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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