Shockingly Large Businesses By The Numbers
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Shockingly Large Businesses By The Numbers

Big businesses are all around us, and we know who they are. Sometimes, it's really difficult to understand just how big they actually are.

Swipe ahead for some shocking statistics that might put that into perspective.

2.7 Million People Subscribe to Netflix’s DVD Service

This might be the most shocking metric of all. Can you believe 2.7 million people still have a DVD player?

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McDonalds Feeds 68 Million People a Day

Eat your heart out, United Way. Who knew that the key to solving world hunger was a value meal?

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Starbucks Opens 2 New Stores Daily

Nothing should reproduce twice a day — not even Starbucks. Since 1987, they've been successful at opening an average of two new location per day. Of their 35,000 locations, more than 16,000 of them are in the United States.

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Coca-Cola Has About 3,500 Beverages

Baskin and Robins list of flavors has nothing on Coca-Cola's. If you can't find a beverage you like under the brand, you'll probably die of thirst eventually.

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The CIA Reads 5 Million Tweets Daily

We all thought working at the CIA meant jetsetting around the world and fighting bad guys. Turns out most of it is just scrolling social media and reading posts from weirdos. Just like normal people do every morning from the toilet.

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300 Hours of Videos are Uploaded to YouTube Every Minute

And still, we all struggle to find something to watch. More options aren't better after all. YouTube gets around 2.5 billion daily active users.

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Candy Crush Makes Over $633,000 Per Day

There are clearly a lot of receptionists and security guards out there putting time and money into this game. They're single-handedly propping up a large corner of the candy-themed mobile gaming industry.

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eBay Has 182 Million Registered Buyers and Sellers

That's an insane amount of buying and selling when you think about it. eBay was originally founded in 1995 under the name AuctionWeb.

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