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| August 30, 2004
| Business
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In-video-game
advertising was a $21 million industry
in 2004.
In-video-game advertising includes those billboards in racing
video games and taxi-cab doors in reality games.
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|  Source: Fortune
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| August 26, 2004
| World
FactID: 91
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British students spend nearly £1
billion every year on beer.
This is 3 times as much as they spend on books.
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| Source: Royal Bank of Scotland survey
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| August 23, 2004
| Entertainment
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Sting's
real name is Gordon Sumner.
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| August 20, 2004
| Business
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In 1972, the National Academy for Television
Arts and Sciences gave
Sony an Emmy for the development of Trinitron Television
technology.
This was the 1st emmy given for a product. Sony went on to
win 2 more Emmys.
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| August 19, 2004
| Business
FactID: 87
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Long company names are out of style.
Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company -> Toshiba
Nippon Electric Company ->
NEC
Kyoto Ceramics -> Kyocera
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company -> 3M
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| Source: Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony
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| August 15, 2004
| Animals
FactID: 86
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Approximately 50% of Orangutans have fractures
or broken bones from falling out of trees.
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| Source: Animal Planet
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| August 13, 2004
| Animals
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1 in 4 million
lobsters is blue.
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| Source: Animal Planet
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| August 12, 2004
| World
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Sudan
is the largest country in Africa.
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