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32 Trivia Tidbits About Money

May 24, 2024

Have we got a list for you! We found all kinds of spicy, pricey facts on cash, cheddar, coin, lettuce, greenbacks, bucks, bread, scratch, dough, moolah, simoleons, Benjamins and dolla dolla bills y’all!

That last one was a Wu-Tang reference. Yeah, we’re cool like that. It’s from “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me).” We’re usually preaching “Cash Facts Rule Everything Around Us,” but C.F.R.E.A.U. is just such a horrible acronym. We’ll stick to the facts and leave the wordplay to the Wu.

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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 Medalle ... - MEDAILLEN CRACKED.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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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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Veganism

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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NINETYPERCENT OF AZZL U.S. BILLS CARRY TRACES TEST OF COCAINE. KB46279860I G ROB Herry M the hang 100 Secretary of Treamery CRACKED COM CONERUNDREDDOLARS — Source

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Intelligence and Wealth

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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What about 46.8?

People with higher net worth at mid-life live longer. 50 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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In 2010, the GSA spent $800,000 on a conference in Vegas. conositara P | I I I no 850198THE D NO НО ВЕК ... an OOT NOTTON eep ried Twinkie The General Services Administration is the eRm agency that is in charge of eliminating government waste. Expenses included a $75,000 team building exercise, various $5,600 in-room parties, $31,000 networking receptions and assorted mysterious catering bills, such as a $7,000 sushi bill. CRACKED.COM http://www.gsaig .gov/?LinkServID=90537F5B-FBF8-E39E-A4F0D09005742C28&showMeta=0 — Source

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It took 10 years GRACKED.COM (from 1938 to 1948) for the Secrets Service to catch the ensive HUNDRE Mister NOT LEGAL TE I Eight-Eighty ONE PLAY DOLLARS F - ... who had 'Wahsington' on his counterfeit $1 bills. That's right. Counterfeit $1 bills. — Source

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Giant Gambling Losses

CRACKED OVER $100 MILLION GAMBLED AWAY One businessman lost more than $100 million in 2007 at a chain of casinos in Las Vegas. It's said that he was given alcohol and drugs to keep him gambling. — Source

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That's just being Nicholas Cage

$150 Million spent on rich-guy knicknacks. Nicolas Cage has splurged on a private island, a dinosaur skull, 15 homes, two castles, a huge burial tomb, shrunken рудту heads, a Lamborghini, a pet octopus, and the first Superman comic - all adding up to a whopping $150 million. — Source

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Quite the ride

Going from £10 million to delivering coal. A 19-year-old garbage collector from the UK won about £10 million on the lottery in 2002. But he spent it all on a wild lifestyle and, 10 years later, was completely broke. Не then started working seven days a week delivering coal and firewood. — 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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Breaking Bad's episode Fly was the product of the show going over its budget. Just moving production trucks to a new location cost $25,000-35,000, and they couldn't afford that, so they needed an episode contained in just one place. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zombies act the way they do in Night of the Living Dead because the movie couldn't afford special effects. There was no money for effects showing dead people rising from graves, so the filmmakers came up with the ideas that only recently dead people could become zombies and that humans would turn into zombies by getting bitten. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED COM Chamber pots were used by our ancestors to ease their burden and - to PARSENGERS DO NEE THIS DER - TEXA now are sold to collectors for prices high as $3870. — Source

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Bono bought a plane ticket for his hat. CRACKED.COM When he realized he left his hat at home, he did the logical thing and bought a new one .. NOPE just kidding, he spent $1,500 to have it flown first-class to Italy, ASAP. To his credit, he budgeted in a tip for the cabbie who delivered it. — Source

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Thomas Jefferson had a million-dollar wine habit. Не spent over $1 million per year having that good European wine imported to the states. Impressively, he only died about $100k in debt. — Source

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Heidi Montag spent $10 million prepping for the apocalypse. CRACKED.COM Montag and husband Spencer Pratt were so sure that the world was ending via asteroid in 2012, that they started spending (and tipping!) lavishly. When the world didn't end, they had to move in with Pratt's parents. — 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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Think Tiger Woods is the richest sportsperson in history? Then you are wrong. Introducing Gaius Appuleius Diocles a 2nd century champion Roman charioteer... who in his 24 year long racing career amassed winnings of 35,863, 120 sesterces which is equal to $15 billion in todays world. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Why spend pocket change on NORMAL toothpicks like a PEASANT when you can spend $18,000 on luxury, solid gold toothpicks? GRACKED.COM — 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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CRACKED.COM In 2015, billionaire Liu Yiqian purchased an antique ceramic cup (which he casually uses to drink tea from in this picture) for $36 million using his Centurion credit card. The purchase earned him 421 million American Express points, which could be converted into 28 million frequent flier points - enough to fly him and his wife around the world more than a thousand times. — Source

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Russian billionaire Yuri Milner owns a 380-foot yacht that has another, 69-foot yacht stowed inside it. 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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Zaire

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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Very soon, quantum computing might be able to totally break Bitcoin's security. Bitcoin only works because, to crack its security, you'd need insane computing power - and quantum computers could easily provide that by 2027 or so. 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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Princess Diana's revenge dress was sold for $65,000 Diana put the stunning dress she wore after Prince Charles admitted adultery up for auction, with the money going up towards cancer and AIDS-related charities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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