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TIL Fedex got down to the last $5k, which wasn’t enough to refuel the planes to make that weekend’s deliveries. With impending bankruptcy and no other options Frederick Smith literally took it to Vegas, got lucky, and turned it into enough money to refuel, finish the shipments, and save the company.

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