Almost 750 years ago, a young Venetian1merchant named Marco Polo wrote a remarkable book chronicling2his travels in China.The Book of the Marvels of the World3was full of strange foreign customs that Marco claimed to ...Almost 750 years ago, a young Venetian1merchant named Marco Polo wrote a remarkable book chronicling2his travels in China.The Book of the Marvels of the World3was full of strange foreign customs that Marco claimed to have seen.But there was one that was so extraordinary, Marco Polo could barely contain himself4.展开更多
The price of the first serving of Co-ca-Cola was five cents in 1886, which is about a dollar (50p) in today’s money.Coke no longer sells for a nickel, and that is not terribly surprising. What is surpris-ing is that ...The price of the first serving of Co-ca-Cola was five cents in 1886, which is about a dollar (50p) in today’s money.Coke no longer sells for a nickel, and that is not terribly surprising. What is surpris-ing is that it took more than 60 years for the price of Coca-Cola to change.展开更多
文摘Almost 750 years ago, a young Venetian1merchant named Marco Polo wrote a remarkable book chronicling2his travels in China.The Book of the Marvels of the World3was full of strange foreign customs that Marco claimed to have seen.But there was one that was so extraordinary, Marco Polo could barely contain himself4.
文摘The price of the first serving of Co-ca-Cola was five cents in 1886, which is about a dollar (50p) in today’s money.Coke no longer sells for a nickel, and that is not terribly surprising. What is surpris-ing is that it took more than 60 years for the price of Coca-Cola to change.