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32 Money Tidbits That Would Definitely Be Worth the Paper They Were Printed On, If We Were Print Media

February 09, 2024

We’re no experts on slang terminology, but money might hold the record for most nicknames. Marijuana is right up there too, but with moolah, bucks, bread, bacon, cabbage and dead presidents, money might just take the cake. Oh, while we’re at it, “cake” is a good one, too. Looks like the only thing longer than a money slang list is a money facts list. Enjoy!

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John Wick's car fight on the docks was a solution to a budget issue. They wanted a big car chase through the city, but there was no money for that, so they shot a car fu scene in which Wick fights bad guys in two SUVS with his car and gun. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Deadpool's non-linear plot was just a way to save on filming action scene. They didn't have the money for a big action scene at the start plus more action scenes throughout the first act, so they shot just one and broke it up with flashbacks. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alderaan got blown up in Star Wars because Alderaan scenes were too expensive. George Lucas' initial idea was for Alderaan to be the site of the prison Leia would get rescued from, but he didn't have as much money as he wanted, so he just put all those scenes on the Death Star. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Halloween's premise was just a way to save money. John Carpenter wanted to make a horror movie where the monster was some guy wearing coveralls, because that'd be really cheap. CRACKED.COM — Source

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How much money do you need to be happy? NOST Previous research suggested happiness plateaued at $75,000, but a recent study shows higher incomes can continue to increase day-to-day well-being. Sorry, Biggie, but it looks like more money means less problems. CRACKED COM — Source

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Are smarter people wealthier? There's no link between IQ and wealth. People who score within the super intelligent range are just as likely to have financial difficulties as other people. CRACKED COM — Source

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When did credit scores start? I edit Report Credit Report M Credit Score is - - 765 Excellent: 700 Good: 501 Cream FROELLENT 765 Fair: 351 - РОО - 100 Exculure 50+ - 700 Good 500 355 Uncertain: 301 - 35 For 300 303 Undertain 250m Puor Poor: 250-30 - - new - The concept of credit scores was invented in the 1950s, but the current system didn't start until 1989. They're as old as Taylor Swift. CRACKED COM — Source

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How many pennies are there? There are 130 billion pennies in circulation. In pounds, that's over 716 million. CRACKED COM — Source

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What happens when you win a free car? On Oprah's iconic You get a car! episode, she gave away 276 cars valued at $7.7 million. However, each recipient (who all needed new cars) had to pay a gift tax of up to $7,000. 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. CRACKED COM — Source

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How much money do astronauts make? NAS Non-military astronaut candidates make between $65,140 and $100,701 per year. CRACKED COM — Source

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George Lucas made a deal with 20th Century Fox, which let him have the licensing and merchandising rights for the Star Wars franchise, in return for a $500,000 slash in his salary. That $500,000 deal paved the way for his $3,200,000,000 empire which is 6400 times larger than his lost salary. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The production of anti-matter at this point in time costs $62.5 TRILLION dollars per gram. That's almost 4 times the entire United States national debt. CRACKED.COM — Source

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ochi.ru 2014 Russia spent $8.7 Billion to construct a highway connecting Sochi to the mountain hosting the ski and snowboard events. This is more than the total cost for the 2010 Winter Olympics. GRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.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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According to the U.S. Air Force, 94% of the dollar bills they tested harbored bacteria. THE EXITED STATES ors - в 833494723C - 994723C I г This bacteria could cause pneumonia and plenty of other serious infections. GRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM SEITE TEAM UNITED NOVESSAR OF AMERICA DD160755588 Kids earn an average of $4.13 per lost tooth in the US. That's four times the minimum wage per hour in Mexico. — Source

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CRACKED COM ESS OFAN L 36837861 Q 12 NA+ 12 You are wealthier than 15 percent of American households if you have at least a dollar in your pocket and no debt. — Source

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GRAGKED.COM AROUND 2/3 OF AMERICAN ADULTS DUNCE CANNOT PASS A BASIC FINANCIAL LITERACY TEST. This shouldn't be shocking when you learn only 17 STATES require a personal finance class to GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. — 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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More Monopoly money is printed annually than $1 STATES OF bills have been in a decade THIS NOTE IS UNITED LEGAL AND TENDER PRIVATE STATES OF AM PUBLIC FOR ALL DEBTS L 7771 L WASHING 902L SERIES 2009 Eg Since 2008, the US Treasury has printed around 25 billion dollar bills, whereas Hasbro prints 30 billion bills for their Monopoly games CRACKED.COM every year. But to be fair, only 43 million of those are ones. — Source

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GRAGKED.COM If you're planning to invest in multi-level marketing schemes, don't bother. More than 99 percent of those who participate lose money and only a few actually gain profit. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The average CEO has made more money by lunchtime on January 2 than the average worker will make all year. — Source

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The US flew nearly $12 billion in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq. all Then they tossed it around without checking to see who was receiving it or how it was being spent. A congressional committee found that a staggering amount of the cash, which was was earmarked for Iraqi ministries and US contractors, was lost to corruption and waste. CRACKED.COM http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/0B/usa iraq1 — Source

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Between 1942 and 1964, the U.S. Military built an artificial island in the Pacific. Johnson Atoll, 860 mi southwest of Hawaii It was abandoned in 2004. We don't know how much it cost, but a comparable project in scope and scale would be the Japanese Kansai Airport. That was another artificial island built to support a landing strip, and it cost around $20 billion. CRACKED.COM www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2010/04/solated-and-abandoned-military-airbase-johnston-atoll/ — Source

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