01. More than 1% of the global population bought an iPhone in the last quarter of 2014 (which is Apple's fiscal 1Q of 2015; here's a breakdown of iPhone sales by quarter 2007-2015).
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02. The average person makes more than 200 decisions about food every day, many of them unconsciously, including the choices made from reading menus.
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03. The typical cartel arrangement raises prices by 20%.
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04. Though smartphones sales shot up worldwide in 2014, Japan and western Europe were the exceptions recording declines of 2.8% and 9.1% respectively.
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05. Just 4% of Chinese hold passports, compared with roughly 30% of Americans and 70% of Britons.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015