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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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    20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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    In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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    The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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    Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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    Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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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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