Club Direct, a travel insurance company in Britain, provides insurance plans for protection from falling coconuts.

In Canada, the most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.

When Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen turned 18 in mid-2004, they took official control of a company worth more than the gross national product of Mongolia. Their earnings in 2003 topped $1 billion.

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