Luxury Facts

Premium watermelons in Japan can sell for thousands of dollars, with rare Densuke watermelons fetching up to $6,100 at auction!

President Bush and Saddam Hussein both had their shoes made by the same Italian shoemaker!

There are gold pills for sale that turn your poop into glittering gold.

The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.

LVMH and other luxury brands have historically destroyed unsold merchandise rather than sell it at a discount, in order to maintain brand exclusivity and prevent their products from appearing in outlet stores or being resold cheaply.

The most expensive license plate is the number '1', bought by an Abu Dhabi businessman - costing a staggering $14.3 million!