Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch or clock is usually 10:10.
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Carlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for free.
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Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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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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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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Nintendo has banked so much money, they could run a deficit of over $250 million every year and still survive until 2052.
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