Did You Know?

Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by admin in Did you Know

 
 
 
• UK citizens have paid off more of its credit card debt in February 2009 than at any other time in years.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 • During the Great Depression, a record 60-80 million Americans went to the movies every week with the biggest blockbusters being King Kong, The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 • The recession has even affected the SEX trade. Spain’s National Association of Brothel Owners reported an overall 30% decrease in trade in 2008.

 

 
 • “Black Tuesday” describes the Stock Market crash on October 29, 1929 and the onset of the Great Depression which only ended ten years later, in 1939.

 
 

 
 • The board game Monopoly first became available and immensely popular in 1935, perhaps because players could become rich—at least in their imaginations!