The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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