1. In the 17th century, Surat, Karwar, Bhatkal, Tellicherry, Baliapatnam and Cannanore had __ established by English companies. Explain the uniqueness of __.
2. A statistician in 1945 at the insurance company that has Snoopy as its brand mascot got this brainwave during his lunch break. His sales numbers were down and he wanted to a way to impress his bosses. He found that the health premiums paid by the customers were hugely influenced by their weight. He realised that by lowering the threshold weight it could create thousands of more customers. He created a scientific metric. Name him and

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