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TIL in 2005 graffiti artist David Choe was offered $60,000 to paint murals at Facebook headquarters. He chose to take the compensation in stock. Eventually being worth more than $200,000,000.

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0dXpM TIL that in 2002, Chumbawamba accepted $100k from General Motors for the rights to use one of their songs in a Pontiac commercial. The band then donated it to a corporate watchdog group that used the money to launch an information campaign against GM.
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