GTA V achieved $1 billion in sales just 3 days after its launch.
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As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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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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