When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there are 106 billionaires.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
The cost of a college education has risen 400 % in the last 25 years!