In Hong Kong, delivery times are primarily influenced by traffic conditions on elevators. It often takes drivers longer to travel vertically than horizontally, as access to elevators is so congested during "high peak" hours. This is due to the volume of people residing in high rises. Click Here For More Details (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006)
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In October 1986, Pepsi paid close to $840 million to Nabisco for the Kentucky Fried Chicken empire. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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In a study that was done by the University of Chicago in 1907, it was concluded that the easiest color to spot is yellow. This is why John Hertz, who is the founder of the Yellow Cab Company picked cabs to be yellow. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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In the 1930's, Pepsi-Cola had an advertising campaign starring two cartoon cops called "Pepsi & Pete." Click Here For More Details (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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In the U.S., 75% of the pencils sold are painted yellow. (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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In the late 1650's the first known check was written in Europe. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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In the late 1650's the first known check was written in Europe. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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It would take approximately twenty-four trees that are on average six to eight inches in diameter to produce one ton of newsprint for the Sunday edition of the New York Times. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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Less than 1% of the women in the world will ever be able to wear a diamond that is the size of a carat or more. (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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MS-DOS was originally calle QDOS and was bought of the author by Microsoft for a small fee. The rest is history. (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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Marlboro was the first cigarette company to market a cigarette that had a red filter called "beauty tip." This was done to hide the lipstick marks left on the filter from women smokers. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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McDonald's restaurant has over 1.5 million employees all over the world. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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Mexico City boasts the world's largest taxi fleet with over sixty thousand taxis running every day. Click Here For More Details (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006)
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