20 Bizarre Facts About Money You've Probably Never Heard Of
Peter Pizagalli
Published
03/12/2018
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Money things you just need to know!
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Money. It makes the world go round.1. A penny costs 2.4 cents to make. -
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2. More than 2 million Americans survive on just $2 per day. -
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3. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing uses 9.7 tons of ink each day to print money. That has to be expensive. -
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4. Just five percent of those who buy lottery tickets account for 51 percent of total ticket sales. That's a lot of tickets. -
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5. Let this sink in: Gambling generates more money each year than movies, spectator sports, theme parks, cruise ships and recorded music combined. Dang. -
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6. Grab the hand sanitizer! Ninety-five percent of bills are absolutely covered in bacteria. -
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7. Ever see a dollar bill within one inch of its life? A bill can withstand 800,000 folds before it tears from use. -
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8. The Monopoly man's doing better than us, since more Monopoly money is printed per year than actual money. -
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9. Have money in your wallet? There's a good chance there's cocaine on it. Ninety percent of bills have traces of the white powdery stuff on them. -
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10. Back to my previous point, only about 8 percent of global currency is physical printed money. -
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11. Pablo Escobar once lost a cool $10 mill to hungry rats. -
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12. The largest U.S. bill ever was for $100,000. I'll take 10. -
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13. When it comes to counterfeiting U.S. currency, North Korea is the biggest offender. Shocking. -
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14. Before the Secret Service followed the president around, their original job was actually to fight counterfeiting. -
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15. Kids are rollin' in it today! The average household allowance for chores is $65. I could've gotten so many lip glosses with that -
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16. Americans spend $117 billion on fast food per year because of course we do. -
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17. Crushing debt comes early now! People today start going into credit card debt as early as high school. -
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18. This little design on the $1 bill is a nod to the original 13 colonies. -
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19. Everything is terrible and 96 percent of people working in the U.S. today will not be able to retire by the time they're 65. -
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20. If you have 10 bucks in your pocket and no debt to speak of, including any standing credit card debt, then congrats! You're wealthier than a quarter of Americans. -
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Well folks. There you have it. I can't tell if I feel better or worse now. Probably worse, because unless you're rolling in money, it's the actual worst.
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