To continue The Beatles-EMI story, it was largely The Beatles' commercial success at EMI that helped fund EMI's Central Research Laboratories division. It was there at EMI's laboratories that the CT Scanner was invented (originally called the EMI Scanner). So you can almost say that Decca Records turning down The Beatles was one of the worst business decisions in history but indirectly, one of the best medical decisions in history as well.
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