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July 16, 2024

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ZERO TREES ARE CUT DOWN EACH YEAH TO MAKE YOUR MONEY. ALL PAPER CURRENCY IS MADE FROM A CUSTOM BLEND OF 25% COTTON AND 75% LINEN. IT'S CLOSER TO CLOTH THAN PAPER. ADDITIONALLY, THIS BLEND CANNOT LEGALLY BE USED BY ANYONE OUTSIDE THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED COM During its heyday in the late 1970s, Pablo Escobar's drug cartel spent $2,500 each month on rubber bands to hold its bricks of cash together. — Source

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The spider scene is Dr. No could have been pretty forgettable if they'd had more money. The production designer only had £775 to build that set, so he went with something cheap but memorable - a grid that cast a shadow that's kind of like a web. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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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Dr. Evil has ill-tempered sea bass in Austin Powers because the movie couldn't afford sharks. After they got the sea bass instead of sharks, Mike Myers asked the effects team what they could do, and their response was We can make the water bubble...' 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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Your $10 Casio keeps better time than your $10,000 Rolex GAS 09 ORIGINAL ESCAPE ROLEX VAL IO, - DEEPSEA 5 CDC 40 VEL I RING C 2 ESTIRAS LOCK DE SYSTEM 20 Since Rolex watches use a mechanical oscillator, they are more vulnerable to temperature changes, magnetism, or just plain not having a full wound spring, unlike digital watches, that use a quartz crystal as an oscillator CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Cosmo did a test between $147 in drugstore makeup and $513 in department store makeup. The end result? The difference is negligible, and unless you know, you could never tell the difference. — Source

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Apple AirPods are no better than their knockoffs, minus a few minor features. While AirPods cost $159, the knockoffs will only run you around $39.99, and according to reviews, they have the same sound quality and durability. CRACKED.COM — Source

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How much does it cost to rent an original Picasso? $5 per semester, if you're a student at Oberlin through their Art Rental program. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM I'm Hiding Money Under My Mattress IS STILL VERY REAL. THE OFF 3 Int 50 R 100 1242 A 2017 study found that around 8.4 MILLION U.S. households did not have a BANK ACCOUNT. — Source

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CRACKED.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 PoKéMoN GO players spent about $2.2 million a day on in-app purchases R in 2018. P $ $ $ — Source

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70 PERCENT OF ALL LOTTERY WINNERS LOSE EVERYTHING IN THE FOLLOWING SEVEN YEARS MAG DAN BREAKING OVERNIGHT ATLANTA JACKPOT WINNER DIES AFTER GOLD PLATING HIS TESTICLES Logically, if you make bad economic decisions, like playing the lottery, you will keep making bad economic decisions if you win the jackpot. This is called a self-selected group. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Carry crisp new bills when you're shopping. Research shows that people have a subconscious desire not to part with them and therefore you won't spend as much. EIPEIA ESIVE NE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1 THIS NOTE IT LEGAL VENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRINATE 1 F 30807041G WASHINGTON D.G A? 6 6 F F 30807041 С AIN 6 love R 1 SERIES EXIT 6 2 I 1 ONEDOLR CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kanye West paid $12,5 million to run a failed presidential campaign in 2020. The total amount spent was $13.2 million, but all of that was his own money except for $700,000 (and he got a total of 66,000 votes). CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED CITIBANK Citibank made a mistake and accidentally sent $900 million to the wrong people, and the lenders refused to return the money. The lenders were taking advantage of the situation due to a longer running saga between them and Revlon, the company that borrowed the money. — Source

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CRACKED COM Using money to buy time can lead to increased happiness Money can buy happiness, if you buy free time. Regardless of income, people were happier when they outsourced tasks they disliked. However, in the study almost half of the millionaires they asked didn't pay others to do chores they disliked. — Source

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Crypto Scams B THE PAYPAL Pay SCAM In 2023, a 79-year-old was tricked out of $79,500 by a crypto scammer using PayPal. The scam relied on fear, guilt, and all sorts of other tactics to take advantage of the victim's lack of computer knowledge. CRACKED — Source

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CRACKED.COM In a side-by-side comparison, Skullcandy can go toe-to-toe with Beats, which cost more than 3x more. b $89 $300 While Beats have a slicker, sleeker design, that's pretty much their main draw. In terms of comfort and sound quality, the Skullcandy were streets ahead. — Source

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Cribs of the rich and famous Michael Jackson's Neverland A ZOO. A train. An amusement park. Only for $200 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED IDE Tyres 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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CRACKED $150 MILLION SPENT ON RICH-GUY KNICKKNACKS 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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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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Rich people requests A GLOBAL YACHT MEASURING CONTEST An Australian billionaire ordered his yacht to be driven from Sydney to NYC, and have lunch for 50 people ready. None of the food was eaten, he was just having a rich dude party in a building overlooking the harbor, and just wanted to say, That's my boat. CRACKED — Source

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Uber-rich mothers hire professional organizers CRACKED.COM to pack their kid's trunks for summer camp. НА KURE LAU RE Energizer THIS M A professional organizer charges about $250 per hour - for the 4 or so hours that one trunk takes, that's $1,000. Professional organizers, who do all kinds of tidying and organizing work for high-income clients, have their own 4,000-member-strong national association. — Source

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The 1% don't show off on Instagram-they use the app Rich Kids. Rich Kids is an Instagram clone with a twist: you can post photos only if you pay the monthly membership fee of €1,000 (about $1,160), but anyone can see them. No food porn, haul videos, or other Instagram staples get posted. It's just wall-to-wall ridiculously expensive products and experiences. CRACKED.COM — Source

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