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Chipotle Continues to Refine the Science of Burrito-Making Velocity
Another year, another breakthrough in Chipotle’s blinding burrito-making speed.
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What People Order at Starbucks Around the United States
If US cities are what they drink—or at least, what they drink at Starbucks—then Portland, Oregon, is an eggnog latte.
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The American Energy Drink Craze in Two Highly Caffeinated Charts
Coffee doesn’t appear to be cutting it these days.A growing thirst for caffeinated “energy” drinks, which include the likes of Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar, has spurred a heart-thumping surge in sales.
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Which U.S. States Tip the Most (and the Least)?
Visitors to the U.S. are often mystified about the “right” amount to tip for service, and it turns out Americans don’t agree too much either.
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The Changes in American Beer Tastes Over the Past Few Years
Americans are drinking a lot more Blue Moon, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Yuengling. Michelob? Not so much.
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How America Fell Out of Love with Orange Juice
Sales dropped almost every year for the last decade, and last year, orange juice sales hit their lowest level in at least 15 years, according to Nielsen.
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Still or Sparkling Water? The World Has Spoken, and It’s Not Even Close
People drink far more still bottled water than sparkling water these days, and the gap has been growing fast.
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Is Traditional Downhill Skiing Dying Out?
Skiing appears to be headed downhill in the US—traditional, alpine skiing, anyway.
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How Many Hours of Minimum Wage Work Does It Take to Earn a Beer?
Throwing back a cold one can be a costly affair—especially if you’re living off the minimum wage in a country like Georgia or Bangladesh. How do we know that? Because we made a Beer Index.
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What's Every Country's Favorite Kind of Booze?
Lots of people like a bit of liquor every now and again, but that doesn’t mean they agree on what to fill the glass with.
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Who Is Drinking All the (Real) Scotch Whisky?
The US, the world’s leading importer, ships in nearly £800 million ($1.32 billion) worth of the spirit each year. But per capita consumption looks quite different.
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Communist China Might Be the Most Materialistic Country in the World
A recent survey conducted by global research firm IPSOS across 20 countries, found that a whopping 71% of Chinese say they gauge their success by the things they own.
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A Map of All the Countries that Contribute to a Single Jar of Nutella
Nutella, it turns out, is a perfect example of what globalization has meant for popular foodstuffs: Not only is it sold everywhere, but its ingredients are sourced from all over the place too.
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Uruguay Is About to Legalize Marijuana, and Its Government Will Reap the Rewards
Uruguay’s senate is set to pass an historic bill (link in Spanish) today that will make the country the world’s first to legalize marijuana.
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Want More Children in School? First Make the Daily Journey to School Less Insane
For the past 10 months, children in Indonesia’s Banten province have been commuting to school on narrow bamboo rafts—along a river best known to tourists for its whitewater rapids—because local authorities still haven’t fixed a bridge that collapsed in January in a flood.
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This Cute Little Caterpillar Created a State of Emergency in Brazil
Brazil’s agriculture ministry was forced to declare a state of emergency this week in its main crop growing region, Mato Grosso, due to an infestation of the little caterpillars.
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Apple Can Read Your Encrypted iMessages (But Probably Won't)
Remember when Apple said it couldn’t read your iMessages? It turns out that isn’t necessarily true.
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Louis Vuitton's Famous Logo Is Everywhere... and That's Bad for Business
Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton LVMH reported sales for its third quarter yesterday (Oct. 15), and guess what—they weren’t great.
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Google Plans to Use Your Name and Photo in Ads
Google just got a tad creepier. Thanks to tweaks made to its terms of service today, Google will be able to use its users’ names and photos in select advertising beginning next month (November 11).
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Budweiser Is Battling to Be Called Budweiser in More than 20 Countries
What’s in a name? Quite a bit when AB Inbev, the world’s biggest brewer, is trying to build international cachet for its marquee brand.
