99 Cent facts

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In 1985, Burger King launched a viral ad campaign featuring 'Herb the Nerd', a mysterious man who had never eaten a Whopper in his life. People could get a 99 cent Whopper by saying "I'm Not Herb", or if their name was Herb, "I'm not the Herb you're looking for."

The 99 cent pricing first became popular in the nineteenth century, shortly after the invention of the cash register. The pricing ensured that the cashier was forced to ring-in the transaction to create a record of it and return change to reduce the risk of the cashier stealing from the store.

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1. AriZona iced tea has never wavered from the 99-cent price point introduced shortly after the drink debuted in 1992. It’s even printed on the label as a way of warding off sugar-water price gouging by retailers.

2. Arizona hasn't changed its 99-cent iced tea price since 1992.

3. Andreas Gursky's 99 cent photo was sold for a whopping $2.3 million at auction and it's one of the most expensive photo of modern time.

4. Arizona Iced Tea Has Remained 99 Cents Despite An 78% Increase In Inflation.

5. A third of students surveyed using iPads in class admitted to playing games during school hours and 99 per cent said they found the gadgets distracting. Outside of the classroom, their tablets were mostly used for fun, not work and they viewed the iPad as primarily an entertainment device

6. In 2008, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson sued Taco Bell over an ad campaign in which it invited him to change his name for one day from 50 Cent to 79 Cent, 89 Cent, or 99 Cent, in line with pricing for some of its items, and they would donate $10,000 to the charity of his choice.

7. 99 Cent Only stores added a charge of .99 cents to the base unit price of their merchandise which in most cases rounds up to a dollar, making them just another dollar store.

8. The 99 cent program "Trivia Buff Pro" that I bought for my Windows Phone is nothing more than a copy pasta of the TIL front page.

9. A 99-cent limited time sale on Queens of the Stone Age "Songs For the Deaf" in Google's play store launched the 14 year old album to number 40 on the Billboard chart last month.

10. In a number of countries, including Denmark, Finland, and Switzerland, prices will be denominated with 99 "cents" even though one-cent coins do not exist in the local currency.