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At a recent Republican party convention, it cost $5,000 to pose for a photo with President Bush. Last summer, GOP officials charged at least $10,000, and in the 2000 and 2004 campaigns, a Bush photo-op commanded $25,000
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Advertising wine is banned on French television.
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In 2003 in the US, power generation companies spent less on R&D than pet food companies did.
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In recent years, Japan, Argentina and Brazil have legalised incest.
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More British servicemen and women have committed suicide over the past two decades than have died in military action.
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A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
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8.5 per cent of American CEOs live on a golf course.
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IBM once sold a cheap printer, LaserWriterE, which was exactly the same model as the pricier LaserWriter except that it had a chip installed to slow it down.
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Ants spend only one fifth of their day working.
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Under Gorbachev, 5 per cent of senior Soviet officials had a background in the armed forces or security services. Under Putin, the figure is 78 per cent.
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Moscow has a Muslim population of about 2.5m—the largest of any European city. Since 1989, Russia's Muslim population has increased by 40 per cent to about 25m.
And, my favourite of them all:
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44 per cent of French people have a negative opinion of France — higher than the number of Americans that do (38 per cent).
See?
Even at hating the French, we're better than you guys...