Tractor company boss Ferruccio Lamborghini started making cars out of spite after being insulted by Enzo Ferrari.

After a train killed P. T. Barnum's star circus performer in 1885, the great showman had his skin and bones mounted separately, enabling him to exhibit the "world's largest elephant" in two places at once.

In 2014, a Chinese billionaire bought a teacup for $36 million, and put it on his American Express Black Card. Thanks to its merchant fees, Amex likely pocketed about $1,000,000 from that single transaction.

Days before Woodstock was due to begin, organizers learned that they only had time to build a fence or a main stage. They got the stage but, unable to control admission, they lost a fortune in ticket sales.

In 2018, 3 years after starting a "Toysreview" Youtube channel, Ryan Kaji had 17 million followers, 26 billion views, and more than $25 million. He was 7 years old.

After GE was booted from the Dow Jones industrial average in 2018, all of the DJIA's original companies had been replaced.

Google Research director Peter Norvig discovered that "getting the worst possible score on an interview" at Google was a "really good indicator" of success at the company.

Before the dot-com bubble popped, Priceline.com was worth more than the American airline industry. After, it was worth less than two Boeing 747s.

In 1860, 13-year-old Thomas Edison started a business selling groceries and newspapers. He was soon clearing $80,000 a year in 2020 dollars.

After an Amazon manager gave a moving speech about the union's lack of support when his father died steps from home, workers declined to unionize. In fact, the man's father was an insurance exec with no union ties who had died while he was on vacation.