LEGO was recognized as the world’s largest tire maker by count in 2011.

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LEGO was recognized as the world’s largest tire maker by count in 2011.

LEGO has been recognized for enormous toy-tire production, with Guinness reporting 381 million tires in 2010. This is a dated unit-count comparison involving miniature tires, not proof that LEGO currently leads the automotive tire industry.

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McDonald's makes most of its franchise money from rent, not burgers.

Rent is the largest revenue category McDonald's reports from franchised restaurants, ahead of royalties. That does not mean rent is most of all corporate revenue, or that every franchise follows the same property arrangement.

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Nintendo was founded in 1889 to sell handmade playing cards.

Nintendo traces its origins to Fusajiro Yamauchi making hanafuda playing cards in Kyoto in 1889. Its first home video game machines arrived in 1977, nearly nine decades later.

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