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If California was a country, it would be the 5th largest economy in the world.
Tobacco is a $200 billion industry, producing six trillion cigarettes a year - about 1,000 cigarettes for each person on earth.
The 200 richest people in the world doubled their worth in the 4 years ending 1998.
A third of the world's people live on less than $2 a day, with 1,2 billion people living on less than $1 a day.
In the 17th century, wool fabrics accounted for about two-thirds of England's foreign trade. Today, the leading wool producers are Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and China.
The NASDAQ stock exchange was totally disabled in on day in December 1987 when a squirrel burrowed through a telephone line.
In 1990, the word "recession" appeared in 1,583 articles in The Wall Street Journal.
Global sales of pre-recorded music total more than $40 billion.
Tourism is the world's biggest industry, affecting 240 million jobs.
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