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Nike had conditions before giving rookie Michael Jordan a record contract: Either be rookie of the year, or average 20 ppg, or be an all star, or sell $4 mill worth shoes in a year. Jordan was rookie of the year, scored 28.2 ppg, named all star, and Nike sold $100 mill of shoes in 1984-85.

The world's oldest man is celebrating his bar mitzvah at age 113. His first one, 100 years ago, was cancelled due to World War 1.

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1. In South Korea, only visually impaired people can be licensed masseurs, dating back over 100 years to a Japanese colonial rule set up to guarantee the blind a livelihood.

2. In 2018 the Domino’s in Russia offered up to 100 free pizzas every year for 100 years if a customer got the Domino’s logo tattooed visibly on their body. Initially intended to last a month the promotion proved to be so popular Domino’s ended it after a week with 350 accepted winners.

3. Bill Haast began extracting snake venom at 15 years old. He founded the Miami Serpentarium and injected himself with venom for 60+ years. His blood was used to save 21 snakebite victims. He created a venom serum to cure polio. He was bitten over 170 times and lived to be 100.

4. In South Korea, only visually impaired people can be licensed masseurs, dating back over 100 years to a Japanese colonial law that was set up to guarantee the blind a livelihood.

5. Jules Verne's wrote a novel in 1863 which predicted gas-powered cars, fax machines, wind power, missiles, electric street lighting, maglev trains, the record industry, the internet, and feminism. It was lost for over 100 years after his publisher deemed it too unbelievable to publish.

6. In the United States, people who turn 100 years old receive a letter from the President, congratulating them on their longevity.

7. In Yreka, California, a bakery operated for 100 years called the Yreka Bakery, which formed a palindrome. When the business closed and a gallery opened in the same spot, they named themselves the Yrella Gallery so that it would also form a palindrome.

8. The 2 % failure rate for Condoms means that for every 100 couples using them for 1 year 2 will get pregnant and not 2 times per 100 intercourses.

9. There has been a boat/barge trapped in the rapids above Niagara Falls for over 100 years

10. The model for Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Marge Champion, is still alive and turned 100 this year.

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Japanese train drivers and conductors purposely point at all the signs they pass as a way to keep focus and prevent accidents. The technique is called shisa kanko and has been in use for more than 100 years.

Chance The Rapper donated over $2 million to Chicago Public Schools. Working with 20 principals and his non-profit SocialWorks, he helped the schools gain $100,000 over 3 years, and selected the schools based on budgetary and individual needs. - source

In Texas, prison inmates have to pay $100 a year out of their personal account to see a doctor for a sickness that is not an emergency or a chronic illness. If they don't have the money, half of all future funds deposited into their account are put towards the debt. - source

Costco sells approximately 100 million hot dogs a year in their food court -- over four times the number sold in all Major League Baseball stadiums combined.

Less than 100,000 giraffes are left in the wild. In the last 30 years populations have dropped 40%. In the last 10 years 40,000 Giraffe parts have been imported to the USA. Giraffes are facing ‘silent extinction’. - source

There is a fortress castle called Mont Saint-Michel off the coast of Normandy, France that is accessible by foot at low tide, but becomes an island at high tide. It was the only spot in Normandy that never fell to the English during the 100 Years War. It has also served as a church and prison

In 2014 a Cockatoo celebrated it’s 100th birthday, it was also noticed by Queen Elizabeth II who sent a birthday card as is custom to 100 year olds.

Michael Jordan wanted a sponsorship deal with Adidas but they thought he was too short. He signed with Nike instead and today his brand makes about $3 billion a year in sales, with $100 million going to Jordan.

Nearly 100 million sharks were used to be killed each year in China, mostly for their fins. However in few couple of years, 85% of Chinese consumers gave up shark fin soup, largely as a result of campaigning by ex-NBA player Yao Ming.

An FDA study requested by the military found 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were still safe & effective even 15 years after the expiration date. Expiration dates don’t really indicate a point at which the medication is no longer effective or unsafe to use.

There are more trees in North America than there were 100 years ago.

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