Interesting Stuff

They say you learn something new everyday. Today, I learned about 15 fascinating things, all from NPR. Here's a few:

The Marriot started as a root beer stand.
Ford lost $12.7 billion last year; worst year for a Detroit automaker; that's $35 million each day! (Equivalently, $48M per business day!)
China's economy might become the third largest before the end of the year (it jumped 10.7% last year); as far back as I can remember (not that I'm old or anything), the top three have remained static as the US, Japan, and Germany.
China has the largest national per capita savings rate.