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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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    Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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    Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House in Kaifeng, China is considered the world’s oldest operating restaurant, first opening in 1153 AD during the Jing Dynasty.
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    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
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    Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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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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