In the U.S., 75% of the pencils sold are painted yellow.

In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan.

When Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen turned 18 in mid-2004, they took official control of a company worth more than the gross national product of Mongolia. Their earnings in 2003 topped $1 billion.

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