Norse sailors found the sun's bearing from sky polarization
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When a rival's knife broke smashing garlic, Wang Mazi livestreamed 21 hours of garlic smashing, replacing any broken knife, and drew 450k viewers.
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Jinxing Stationery Factory paid a township committee for a collective license, hiding private ownership until law caught up.
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Wikifarmer sold market-rejected rice to weddings, since throwing rice doesn't need to be edible-grade.
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Wrigley noticed his free baking powder and gum outsold his soap and baking powder, so he pivoted the company to gum.
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Minsheng Shipping's Lu Zuofu split the Yangtze route into three segments, matching vessels to their suited stretches, and moved a year's cargo in 40 days.
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Yunnan Baiyao launched a toothpaste using its state-secret wound formula, giving it an uncopyable claim.
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Zappos offered new hires $2,000 to quit during training, so only those who truly wanted the job stayed.
Lire le casZappos stopped timing call length and timed time on calls
Zappos's Customer Loyalty Team dropped average handle time and measured share of shift on calls, so agents stopped rushing callers.
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Zhang Heng built a seismoscope that dropped a ball toward a distant quake's epicenter, so the court knew where to send aid days before a rider arrived.
Lire le casZhuge Liang's army moved supplies on single-wheel barrows
Zhuge Liang's army moved supply weight from porters' backs onto a single-wheeled barrow, tripling what one person could move through mountain passes.
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Ziploc revived expired coupons, requiring a Ziploc in cart to redeem.
Lire le casZuo Zongtang bought grain near the front to cut supply costs
Qing general Zuo Zongtang cut grain costs by buying from Russian frontier traders near Xinjiang instead of shipping from inner China.
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Airbnb, after a host's home was ransacked, added a $1M host guarantee, ID checks, and double-blind reviews so strangers would trust each other.
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AWS auctioned idle compute as Spot Instances, letting interruptible workloads buy slack at fluctuating prices.
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American Airlines, bled by discounters, sold the same seat at five prices via restricted fares and yield management.
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