He increased the sales by 45% in the first year by offering lower prices on products that he purchased from lower cost suppliers.
View moreHe linked the northern walls of the states he conquered.
View moreIn 1920, Karel Čapek wrote a story about them, and he used a word from Czech that is connected with 'work': robot.
View moreLegend tells that yogurt was discovered because a shepherd, forgetting some milk in one of these skins for a while, when he finally remembered it, found it transformed : into something denser and tastier.
View moreHe was the 16th President of the United States.
View moreHe was president from 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War.
View moreLincoln has been remembered as the "Great Emancipator" because he worked to end slavery in the United States.
View moreIn his childhood he helped his father on the farm, but when he was 22 years old he left home and moved to New Salem, Illinois, where he worked in a general store.
View moreLater, he said that he had gone to school for just one year, but that was enough to learn how to read, write, and do simple math.
View moreIn 1842, he married Mary Todd.
View moreAbraham Lincoln was sometimes called Abe Lincoln or "Honest Abe" after he ran miles to give a customer the right amount of change.
View moreThe nickname "Honest Abe" came from a time when he started a business that failed.
View moreInstead of running away like many people would have, he stayed and worked to pay his debt.
View moreAt the age of 28, he was working on designing code for an online auction website originally called Auction Web.
View moreIt wasn't until the website was getting too much traffic that he decided to launch as a business and re-branding it as eBay.
View moreThe broken laser pointer was an item laying around Omidyar's house, that he thought he would use to test out the site.
View moreIn the first week, he listed it as $1 and to no surprise, it didn't sell.
View moreSo he listed it again for the same price for a second week.
View moreHe contacted the seller to check that they realized what they had bid on, and it turned out they were a collector of broken laser pens!
View moreHe then managed to double the amount of his reviews to 2 million within another 18 months.
View moreAt the time, Coppard was working with The Natural History Museum in London and was able to confirm from the photo uploaded that the species was unidentified, making it a new discovery of sea urchin that he named Coelopleurus exquisitus.
View moreHe was famous for getting so absorbed in his studies, that he forgot about social conventions.
View moreFamously, he is said to have realised a principle of mathematics when he saw the displaced water after getting in the bath.
View moreSo excited at realising the importance of this he shouted “Eureka” and rushed out into the street unclothed.
View moreWe cannot be certain this entertaining anecdote is 100% true, but he was a genuinely great mathematician, who in many ways was centuries ahead of his contemporaries.
View moreHe was educated at Alexandria, Egypt – famed for its knowledge and learning.
View moreHe then returned to Syracuse where he became famed as both a mathematician, inventor, astronomer and philosopher.
View moreHe continued to correspond with mathematicians back in Alexandria, and even during his lifetime, he gained a strong reputation for being a mathematical genius.
View moreHe wrote several treatises and corresponded with other mathematicians of the day.
View moreHe had a brilliant mind and made many important developments in the subject.
View moreWhile he lived in the White House he kept a number of pet cats, most famously Dixie and Tabby.
View moreHe adored all cats, and would quite often bring home strays that he had found.
View moreHe was even known to feed Tabby directly from the table during formal dinners, much to his wife's displeasure!
View moreSomeone who owes more money than he or she can pay all at once is said to be "carrying debt".
View moreThe oldest horse lived over twice as long than he was supposed to.
View moreHe stood at a staggering 21.2 hands high.
View moreAfter his death in 1836, Peter was stuffed and is still on display inside the very building upon which he once nested.
View moreTherefore, a user feels like he or she is really part of this other place.
View moreIn recent years he has retired from working full time at Microsoft, and has instead concentrated on working with his charitable foundation "The Bill and Melinda gates Foundation.".
View moreIn 1973, Gates enrolled at Harvard, where he studied mathematics and computer science.
View moreHowever, Gates was more interested in pursuing his own coding, and when he saw an opportunity to found his own company, he dropped out of Harvard without finishing his course.
View moreBill gates founded Microsoft in 1976 when he formed a contract with Mits (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) to develop a basic operating system for their new microcomputers.
View moreHe was also involved in several aspects of Microsoft's business such as packing and sending off orders.
View moreHe has also given more focus on environmental issues.
View moreIn 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to theoretical physics and the evolution of Quantum Theory.
View moreAfter contributing to the theoretical development of nuclear physics and encouraging FD Roosevelt to start the Manhattan Project, he later spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons.
View moreDespite Albert's independent learning, he languished at school.
View moreEventually, he was asked to leave by the authorities because his indifference was setting a bad example to other students.
View moreHe applied for admission to the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
View moreHis first attempt was a failure because he failed exams in botany, zoology and languages.
View moreHowever, he passed the next year and in 1900 became a Swiss citizen.
View moreAt college, he met a fellow student Mileva Maric, and after a long friendship, they married in 1903;
View moreHe published his first scientific paper in 1900, and by 1905 had completed his PhD entitled "A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions".
View moreIn 1905, he published four pivotal scientific works, which would revolutionise modern physics.
View moreAt the time of his death in 2012, he was the third richest man in Thailand.
View moreHe posted covers on YouTube which were discovered by Usher which paved the road to his astounding level of fame.
View moreHe lives in the Vatican City, which is an enclave in the north west part of Rome.
View moreHowever he was more interested in ensuring that people could freely use it so the idea would catch on quickly.
View moreApart from displaying his feathers and train, he will also guard his territory and make loud noise to ward off other males.
View moreHe was struck by the beauty and photogenic nature of Monroe, and he used her in many of his photographs.
View moreHe is the youngest of the three brothers of the family that operates Tan Chong Motors, the authorised distributor for Nissan cars in Malaysia.
View moreWhen he presented the project to his professors, the comments he received were that this project was "difficult to implement" despite the success of other ride hailing services in the US such as Uber.
View moreSeeking after perfection, he created rare masterpieces of art such as 'The Mona Lisa' and The Last Supper'.
View moreHe grew up in Vinci, Italy.
View moreIn his formative years, he developed a love of nature and from an early age began to display his remarkable academic and artistic talents.
View moreIn 1466, he moved to Florence where he entered the workshop of Verrocchio.
View moreInitially, his formative style reflected his teacher but he soon developed an artistic sense which went far beyond his master's rigid style.
View moreIn particular, he introduced themes of movement and drama.
View moreHe also pioneered the use of Chiaroscuro;
View moreIn 1482, Leonardo went to the court of Ludovico Sforza in Milan, where he stayed for 16 years.
View moreHere he continued painting and also branched out into other interest such as engineering and anatomy.
View moreDuring this period he painted the famous artworks "Madonna on the Rocks" and also "The Last Supper".
View moreHe did not marry or have children.
View moreHe kept his personal life private and shared few details.
View moreHe was close with his pupils Salai and Melzi, but appeared to be mostly absorbed in his far reaching investigations, work and paintings.
View moreHe adopted a vegetarian diet and would buy caged birds just so he could release them.
View moreIn 2012, Peter Grauer became the chairman of the company, a role he still holds.
View moreWhen Hiram Bingham stumbled upon the ruins of Machu Picchu in 1911, he was quick to share his discovery with the Western world.
View moreA lesser known fact, though, is that he was actually led there by a Peruvian guide by the name of Melchor Arteaga.
View moreMachu Picchu wasn't exactly what Bingham was searching for when he made his epic journey into the Andes.
View moreWhen he set out, he was really in search of the "Lost City of the Incas".
View moreAfter excavating the ruins of Machu Picchu Bingham made the conclusion that he had found the Lost City, and published his findings.
View moreAfter Bingham returned to Machu Picchu in 1912 and started excavating the site, he made the suggestion that it was used as a sanctuary for Virgins of the Sun, of the Inca religion.
View moreAs a matter of fact, he completed an apprenticeship as a baker before he started selling track shoes.
View moreMichael Jordan, the world renowned basketball player and 6 times NBA champion, almost went with Adidas before he signed his deal with the Nike shoe brand.
View moreJesse Owens wore a pair of Adidas when he won the gold in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Munich.
View moreKobe Bryant was only 17 when he entered the NBA.
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