Coffee Facts

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Dunkin' Donuts

Dunkin' Donuts in South Korea started spraying coffee aroma into public buses every time their jingle played. Coffee sales increased 29%.

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Free Russian Coffee Houses

There are coffee houses in Russia where food and drink are free, but you pay for time.

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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.

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Coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.

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There is a cup of coffee in every scene of the movie Fight Club.

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In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.

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The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.

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McDonald's did away with its spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons.

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