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TIL that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said that the manager of officials of the NBA “wouldn’t be able to manage a Dairy Queen.” Dairy Queen was offended by this and invited him to manage a Dairy Queen for a day. Cuban accepted the company’s invitation and worked for a day at a Dairy Queen

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