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27 Money Facts to Take to the Bank

By:: Jay L'Ecuyer; Cracked Writers

October 28, 2023

27 Money Facts to Take to the Bank

Since every other site, ad and “how to” blog is preaching ways to make you money, we’ll assume that you’re already filthy rich. We can further deduce that you’re here for facts about the filthy cash that now insulates your mansion walls. Some of these will even show you how to use it!

Hey, can we come ride your golden escalator some time?

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CRACKED COM People with higher net worth at mid-life live longer. 50 NAME If you're not rich by 46.7 years old, we have bad news for you. Even among sets of twins, higher net worth at around this age was associated with lower mortality risk. — Source

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CRACKED COM People with below average intelligence are just as likely to be wealthy One study found people from similar backgrounds with higher IQ scores tended to earn higher incomes but weren't any less likely to avoid financial difficulty, making them just as likely to be rich or poor as anyone else. — Source

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CRACKED BURT'S BEES WAS TAKEN FROM BURT In the '90s, Burt Shavitz, the face of Burt's Bees, had to give up his stake in the company to his business partner and girlfriend, Roxanne Quimby, for much less than it was worth. Quimby then sold 80% of Burt's Bees for a whopping $177 million. — Source

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CRACKED EDISON SCREWED OVER TESLA Even though Edison had promised Tesla a reward of $50,000 for improving his DC generation plants, Edison refused to pay him when the job was done. — Source

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NINETYPERCENT OF AZZ4 U.S. BILLS CARRY TRACES an OF COCAINE. KB46279860I G 209 Herry M the hang 100 Secretary of Treasery CRACKED COM CONEHUNDREDDOLARS — Source

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In one of the U.S.'s poorest areas, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, people make on average less than $8,000 a year. ENTERING PINE RIDGE INDIANPESERVATION About 60% of them can't afford to plug into the power grid. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lots of modern money is not vegan. 24 countries' currency uses a polymer derived from tallow (beef fat). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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How much is the Statue of Liberty worth? It may be priceless, but the scrap value of the statue is under $230,000. GRACKED COM — Source

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There are four known pairs of Dorothy's red slippers, worth up to $3 million Leonardo DiCaprio helped the Academy Museum purchase the most expensive pair of Wizard of Oz artifact. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Babe Ruth's Yankee jersey sold for $5.64 million Babe Ruth continues to set records, with his jersey selling for more than any other sports memorabilia in 2019. The previous record was set by the same jersey in 2012 when it was sold for $4.4 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Colonel Sanders sold KFC for $2,000,000 Not to be confused with Reba, the original Colonel Sanders sold his business in 1964 for what would now be about $17 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRAGKED.COM The markup on frozen drinks is 980%. That means that a $2 drink actually costs the retailer about 19cents. — Source

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CRACKED COM The cost to end world hunger is $30 billion per year -the same amount as drunk Americans spend online annually — Source

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MUKESH AMBANI BUILT A HOME FOR AROUND $1 BILLION. The richest man in India built his 400,000-square foot private residence in Mumbai. It has 27-stories, a garage with space for 168 cars, three helipads on the roof, gardens spreading over three floors, and many other ridiculous things. CRACKED.COM — Source

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What was the first item sold on eBay? Listed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, a broken laser pointer was the first item sold-for $14.83. GRACKED COM — Source

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BANQUE DU ZAIRE VINGY MICLE ZAIRES 0 0 0 0 17-1991 Nyultill When dictator Joseph Mobutu was overthrown, Zaire's government cut his face off the currency until they could design and print new notes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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It would cost $343,368 to buy every product in a Vogue magazine. UN 120 adu VO Or at least from a June 2014 issue. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Turkey, you can no longer use cryptocurrencies to buy anything at all. Due to rising inflation, people started using crypto for everyday transactions more and more, but the government put a stop to that on April 30, 2021. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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to It make costs 2.41 one cents penny. CRACKED COM — Source

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The Coinage Act of 1792 that established the US Mint made coin defacement, counterfeiting, and embezzlement by Mint employees punishable by death. Sourced Medalla ... - MEDAILLEN CRACKED.COM — Source

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On average, the flu virus can survive outside of the body for about 48 hours... OF tra live on a can dollar Bill ...it for THE over 10 days. CRACKED COM — Source

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A person who drives 10 miles to buy a lottery ticket is 3 times more likely to be killed in a car accident while driving to buy the ticket than he is to win the jackpot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mark Zuckerberg earns the average person's annual salary in his bathroom break. The average full-time U.S. worker makes $46,800 a year. Zuckerberg makes that much in less than two minutes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Will Smith's trailer is roughly the same size as an average European house. Its luxury, however, supersedes most homes. For the price tag of $2.5 million, he got a high-tech mansion on wheels complete with a custom-made marble kitchen and leather seats and ceilings. CRACKED COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM The family of the Sultan of Brunei owns a forgotten collection of 2,500 supercars. BN516 BQ 205 PO 28 The family has lost interest in the collection, and there are no plans to sell it or turn it into an exhibit, so it's literally rotting into oblivion in a big compound. Over 2,000 of the cars are beyond saving. — Source

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CRACKED COM When Dennis Kozlowski was indicted for fraud the investigators found a gold and burgundy shower curtain worth $6,000 in his maid's bathroom. - - Kozlowski was so wealthy, he said of the offending item: But I didn't even know about it. I just wasn't even aware of it. — Source

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King Salman of Saudi Arabia has a golden escalator that he uses to descend from his private plane. CRACKED.COM — Source

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