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Friday and Saturday flights are 30% more expensive than flights with Monday to Thursday departures. -
Most of Sony's profits come from selling insurance. In Japan, they sell auto, life and medical insurance. -
40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. -
Ted Turner is the largest private landowner in the U.S. with about 1.75 million acres in New Mexico, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. -
Singapore has the world's highest percentage of millionaires with 1 out of 6 households having at least USD one million in disposable wealth. -
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Upload to Facebook New Google employees are called 'nooglers' and are given a propeller beanie hat to wear on their first Friday. -
Pencil sale rates increased by 700% the year after Sudoku became popular. -
The Tootsie Roll story began in 1896, when Austrian-born Leo Hirshfield opened a tiny candy shop in New York City. It was affectionately named after Hirshfield's five-year old daughter, Clara, whose nickname was 'Tootsie'. -
Ikea is the world's largest and richest "non-profit charity". -
The popular electronics store Best Buy was originally called "Sound of Music".
