Starbucks Facts

Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.

A Starbucks coffee cup appears in almost every scene of the movie Fight Club.

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

Howard Schultz offered Shaq a Starbucks franchise deal in the late 1990s. Shaq told him: "Black people don't drink coffee, sir. I don't think it's gonna work." Magic Johnson took the deal instead, opened 105 Starbucks in underserved communities, and sold his stake for an estimated $100 million. Shaq calls it his biggest mistake.

Michael Garcia got third-degree burns when a Starbucks barista handed him an unsecured tea carrier at the drive-thru. Starbucks offered $30 million to settle - but refused to apologize or change policy. A jury hit them with $50 million.