Archive for February, 2005»
What’s the scientific name for any object that’s shaped like a football? A “procate spheroid”
A New Yorker could eat out every night of their life and never eat at the same restaurant twice.
The average American is exposed to 1,600 commercials and advertizements a day.
The single most ordered item in American restaurants: French fries
The Michigan Treasury Department has sent bills to state residents who purchased cigarettes online to avoid Michigan’s high taxes. One pack-a-day smoker received a bill for $2,500 in back taxes. If a simple subpoena of customer data allows them to easily go after lost cigarette taxes, how long until state treasuries across the country subpoena Amazon.com or other big online retailers to collect unpaid sales taxes?. . . http://www.freep.com/news/mich/smokes18e_20050218.htm
