Category Archives: Consumer

Nov 13 2015
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Consumer, Places

Fact #977: Nearly 60% of cigarettes sold in New York are smuggled in, due to a high tax of $5 a pack.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/smuggled-untaxed-cigarettes-are-everywhere-in-new-york-city-6717621

Nov 10 2015
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Consumer, Food

Fact #974: Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory was financed by the Quaker Oats company to sell their real-life Wonka Bar. The bar was taken off shelves after a few months due to problems with its formula, but the film went on to become a cult classic.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/faq#.2.1.9

Nov 04 2015
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Consumer, History

Fact #969: Woolworth’s and Foot Locker were owned by the same holding company. In 1997, Woolworth’s went out of business, and by 2001 the parent company had officially changed its name to Foot Locker.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Company

Oct 29 2015
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Consumer, Entertainment

Fact #965: Netflix is older than Google.

Source: http://likeflix.com/5-amazing-facts-about-netflix/

Oct 16 2015
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Animals, Consumer

Fact #956: There are more plastic flamingos in the USA than real ones.

Source: https://www.nextnature.net/2008/05/plastic-flamingos-saved-from-extinction/

Sep 21 2015
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Consumer, Food

Fact #937: Trader Joe’s is owned by Aldi.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trader_Joe%27s

Aug 31 2015
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Consumer, Food

Fact #923: Pringles are not 100% potato, but instead are a slurry of potato, rice, wheat, and corn.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringles#Ingredients

Aug 26 2015
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Consumer, Technology

Fact #920: Verizon developed a special knife that uses pressurized air to slice through lawns so fiber optic lines can be buried. The tool cuts through grass but does not break sprinkler pipes and gas lines.

 

Aug 18 2015
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Consumer, Food

Fact #914: The year on bottles of wine is the year the grapes were picked, not the year the wine was bottled.

Source: http://www.wineintro.com/glossary/y/year.html

Aug 13 2015
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Consumer

Fact #911: Hydrox, the original OREO, will relaunch nationally in 2015.

Source: http://leafbrands.com/hydrox/

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