A piece of eight was literally a coin worth eight reales.

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8 reales

A piece of eight was literally a coin worth eight reales.

A piece of eight was a Spanish silver coin worth eight reales, also called the Spanish dollar. Its name describes a denomination, not a requirement that every coin be cut into eight pieces.

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McDonald's makes most of its franchise money from rent, not burgers.

Rent is the largest revenue category McDonald's reports from franchised restaurants, ahead of royalties. That does not mean rent is most of all corporate revenue, or that every franchise follows the same property arrangement.

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1889

Nintendo was founded in 1889 to sell handmade playing cards.

Nintendo traces its origins to Fusajiro Yamauchi making hanafuda playing cards in Kyoto in 1889. Its first home video game machines arrived in 1977, nearly nine decades later.

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