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Fact #880: The largest single bloc of opposition to the elimination of the penny from American currency circulation is the zinc industry, which earns millions per year from their production.

Source: http://fortune.com/2012/04/11/dont-mess-with-the-penny-lobby/

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Money, Places

Fact #847: The cost of a license to operate a cart near the Central Park Zoo costs $289,500 a year.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/05/nyregion/the-six-figure-price-tag-for-selling-a-two-dollar-hot-dog.html?referrer=&_r=1

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Consumer, Money

Fact #811: Game of War: Fire Age has a 40 million dollar advertising campaign and makes 1 million dollars a day.

Source: http://www.dorkly.com/post/71697/5-insane-things-about-the-mobile-game-starring-kate-upton

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Food, Money

Fact #806: One would need to drink about 591 liters of SodaStream cola before breaking even.

To put that in perspective, that’s 1.62 liters, about 4.5 cans, every day for an entire year, without actually saving any money.

Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/exactly-much-soda-need-drink-sodastream-worth/

Money

Fact #785: If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. That is the the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

Source: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/

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Money, Places

Fact #733: Almost a third of Dubai’s GDP comes from its airport, which contributes around $22 billion towards Dubai’s GDP.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_International_Airport#Terminals

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Money, Technology

Fact #721: There was an app sold on the Apple App Store for $999.99 called “I Am Rich” that does nothing and 8 people bought it.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich

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Money

Fact #678: In the UK penny coins are a legal tender for repaying debts only up to 20p.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2012/may/15/what-can-you-buy-just-with-1p-and-2p

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Consumer, Money

Fact #592: In the 1980s, American Airlines began saving $40,000 per year by putting one less olive in each first class salad.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/business/and-to-penny-pinching-wizardry.html

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Money

Fact #583: A pound (.45kg) of dimes and a pound (.45kg) of quarters are both worth exactly $20 USD.

Source: http://www.wisegeek.com/a-pound-of-which-is-worth-more-dimes-or-quarters.htm

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