Iwasaki Yataro must have had a thing for water chestnuts..

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William of Kent's attention to detail lead him to found a company that still operates today.

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William Lamb lends his name to something big...

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William came from Scotland to Australia and dominated in his field like no one had before.

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Two men started this company and didn't name it after themselves. But You'll guess pretty quickly what the company name is

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This is the story of two brothers who inherited their mother's shop in the ruins of a village in Germany after WW2

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A few shorter stories that may be of interest.

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