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How buffets make money

How all you can eat restaurants make money. With a few tricks, these restaurants still manage to turn a profit — despite offering endless food.

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Tiny Foods

Performance artist and unlikely chef Tom Brown is bringing strangers together around the tiny kitchen, where he’s serving up tiny foods and words of wisdom. Along with his fully functional portable kitchen, Tom has made more than 300 utensils and tools that he uses to cook up real, edible miniature foods. He may be passing out free lunches, but the gifts he gets from his customers are worth all the work.

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How Hi-Chews are made

The Japanese candy brand HI-CHEW has become popular in the US in recent years. The candy is made with real fruit juices and was originally created as a substitute for gum in Japan. Here's how the company manages to produce over 700 million pieces of their candy per year.

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'unconquerable' sea fort

Located on a small rocky island off the country’s west coast, the fort has stood unconquered for centuries – withstanding attacks from British, French and Portuguese armies.

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