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January 04, 2007

Happy New Year, trivia junkies

The BBC has compiled a handy list of 100 facts you may have missed last year. A few that are tangentially related to private sector development:

#76. In Bhutan government policy is based on Gross National Happiness; thus most street advertising is banned, as are tobacco and plastic bags.

#81. Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world.

#94. There are two million cars and trucks in Brazil which run on alcohol.

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