20 Random (and odd?) Facts About Shopping
1. The oldest customer service complaint was written on a clay cuneiform tablet in Mesopotamia 4000 years ago. (In it, a customer named Nanni complains that he was sold inferior copper ingots.)
6. On the Pacific island of Vanuatu, some villages still use pigs and seashells as currency. In fact, the indigenous bank there uses a unit of currency called the Livatu. Its value is equivalent to a boar’s tusk.
11. In the late 1800s in Corinne, Utah, you could buy legal divorce papers from a vending machine for $2.50.
20. Cyber Monday is not the biggest day for online shopping. The title belongs to November 11, or Singles Day, a holiday in China that encourages singles to send themselves gifts. According to CNN, this year's event broke all previous records with $17.8 billion in sales.
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