In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
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7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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