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TIL: Among the oldest companies in the world still in operation are - St. Peter Stifts Kulinarium, Austria (Restaurant, opened in 803), Monnaie de Paris, France (Mint, opened in 864), and Sean's Bar, Ireland (Pub, which claim to have been opened in 900)

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