Train trouble
You can’t fit a square peg into a round hole and you really can’t fit wide trains onto narrow railways. This was the lesson learned by SNCF, a French train company, after purchasing 2000 trains for $20 billion. Unfortunately they were too wide to fit into the majority of train stations for which they were intended to travel. The company had to shell out another $68 million to widen train platforms in an effort to make the trains fit.
Bitcoin blitz
While many of us are still trying to make heads or tails of Bitcoin, investing in the digital currency during its humble beginnings would prove to be a big payoff now. Sadly for James Howells, an IT worker in Wales, he lost his stash of 7500 bitcoins when he trashed his hard drive. The collection would have been worth $127 million today, according to CNBC.
New Coke flavour flop
Coke has a classic, timeless flavour that they don’t change all that much—and for due reason. In 1985, believing that they could use a new flavour to compete with Pepsi, Coke came up with “New Coke”, a significantly sweeter tasting soda. Despite their ambitious intentions, according to History.com, the flavour was such a failure that it led to rising stocks for their competitors.
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Source: RD.com