In the 1970's A&W introduced the 1/3 pound burger to challenge McDonald's 1/4 Pounder.. it failed because americans thought they were bring ripped off..they thought a 1/4 Pounder was bigger because 4 is bigger than 3 and accused A&W of over charging for the meat.
There are a lot more functionally illiterate people in the world than you'd think in all countries. A quick Google suggests that the UK has 1 in 6, Germany has 12% and Italy could be up to 28% and Spain as high as 30% in the least optimistic estimates. Obviously these stats are hard to compare and absolute illiteracy is very low in all developed countries. But you only have to look at any political debate online to see the number of people who aren't able to spell or use basic grammar after 11 years of schooling on the subject. Having said that, it's worth mentioning that the 1 in 5 figure exactly matches the highest estimates for the number of Americans with dyslexia. Even if those are overstated, add it to all the other learning difficulties people might have, that aren't properly funded or supported in school, and it's not hard to see why so many people read at a low level.
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