Tag: Real
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The Real Reason Shein Is So Cheap
Shein’s primary method of keeping their prices low? Paying their workers criminally low wages. Swiss NGO Public Eye released a tell-all on Shein’s unethical labor practices in 2021 after interviewing workers in several of Shein’s factories. While the labor practices differed per factory, there were some common themes. They said that they were paid not…
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How Much Would Monica’s Apartment On Friends Cost In Real Life?
Probably realizing that skeptical viewers might question how a coffee shop waitress and a newly-minted chef could afford such a large apartment in the trendy West Village, Monica frequently offers the hand-wavy explanation that her apartment is rent controled. Rent controled apartments are near-mythic beasts in New York City in 2023 — though they do…
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The Real Reason Temu Is So Cheap
Although Temu technically has a Boston-based address, the company is operated by and runs exactly like its China-based sister app, Pinduoduo. They both share the same model of selling low-quality products to customers by shipping directly from Chinese factories and warehouses within the company’s supply chain. This direct-to-consumer model allows Temu to cut out middlemen…
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How Much Would The House On Full House Cost In Real Life?
Perhaps spurred by renewed interest in the home from the Netflix reboot “Fuller House,” the San Francisco homeowners eventually got fed up enough with lookie-loos that they decided to list the property for sale in 2016. In an interesting twist, it was purchased for approximately $4 million by none other than Jeff Franklin, the creator…
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The Real Reason They Stopped Regularly Printing $2 Bills
There are several interesting theories about why the $2 bill never really caught on. The first involves an urban legend focused on rigging long-ago political elections. Apparently, the going rate for buying a citizen’s vote was $2, so being in possession of a $2 bill was thought to have a negative connotation that its owner…