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30 Nearly Unfathomable Facts About Money

September 07, 2023

Regardless of your personal feelings about money, there are some facts about it that just might surprise you. For example, did you know that the people who suffered most after Pablo Escobar’s fall were those working at companies selling rubber bands. The drug lord spent tons of money each year on bands to hold all his cash together. Here are 29 other fascinating facts about money, currencies and more…

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Who is the richest dog? 100 100 Gunther IV is a second-generation wealthy dog. Yup, generational wealth even applies to canines. The German Shepherd is believed to be worth $400 million. CRACKED COM — Mental Floss

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By divorcing Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Bezos became the third richest woman on Earth. The divorce settlement left MacKenzie with around $38 billion in Amazon shares. Despite losing that much money, Jeff Bezos remained the world's richest man, with a net worth of $121 billion. CRACKED.COM — 24 Facts About One Percenters And All Their Money

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Squirrel pelts were a common currency in medieval Russia. It's speculated that murdering all those squirrels actually helped stave off the spread of The Black Plague. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — 14 (Weirdo) Official Currencies In The World

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Heinz ketchup costs more than other brands. But you're paying for GRAGKED.COM the name and the jingle, not the taste. In multiple blind tests, Heinz ketchup was compared with cheaper brands and ranked based solely on taste. Heinz didn't come out HEINZ on top in any of them. EXTY 1869 EITE TOMATO KETCHUP 57 VARIETIES GROWN UPT MADE* - 300ml-3429 — 25 Things Where Expensive Doesn't Mean Better

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Dirty Money

How dirty is money? 5 TI 1 E 34112 C. 34112707E WANNINGTON, D.G. 1 a 5 كس I - - - - THE UNITED STATES OPAY THE 5 ..... SHITE I 1 5 E IERICA 5 34112707E U WASHINGTON.D.C. 2010 ONE DOLLAR E 34112707E LINA a III 5 a Jews 1 Summer S - SMT 5 5 C.. sm I A U.S. bill contains an average of 10 microbes per square centimeter. American paper bills are especially hospitable to bacteria. CRACKED COM — Scientific American

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The largest piece of legal tender in the world is 220 pounds. MILLION DOLLA, ILLION DE DOLLA Canada's Big Maple Leaf is a $1 million coin made of about $2 million worth of nearly-pure gold, that somehow reached a market value of $4 million. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — 14 (Weirdo) Official Currencies In The World

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Makeup

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. — 25 Things Where Expensive Doesn't Mean Better

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CRACKED COM - 4K TVs promise e to bring 101010111 definition imaginable 11010 1 11111 II into your home, but it's a total 0101010 waste of pixels. 00111 SONY 4K HDR ULTRA HD SONY Experts 191911 the normal viewing distance of the TV, 4K definition a a larger. is higher definition off the putting TV11 average than — 25 Things Where Expensive Doesn't Mean Better

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CRACKED.COM MAX SCHERZER, BASEBALL'S HIGHEST-PAID PITCHER, WILL EARN $37.5 MILLION IN 2019. This season, he played 27 games, pitched 172.1 innings, and threw 2770 pitches. a PLAY ALL FOR rg W To break that down, he earns: $1.4 million per game, $218,000 per inning, and $13,500 PER PITCH. Scherzer adidas — 24 Facts About One Percenters And All Their Money

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The Waltons, the family behind Walmart, make $4 million per hour. Walmart Save money. Live better. The average new Walmart associate, for comparison, earns around $11 in that timeframe. CRACKED.COM — 24 Facts About One Percenters And All Their Money

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Wednesday is best day to hit the supermarket. THU WED TUE 6 5 The shelves should be freshly stocked, since most stores get their deliveries on Tuesdays. Not to mention it's the day they begin their new weekly deals, and it's one of the least busy days of the week. CRACKED.COM — 18 Secret Shopping Tips That Will Save You Serious Cash

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Think twice before spending on that unbelievable sale. SALE SALE Retailers have been caught UP TO overstating UP TO 50% everyday SALE 50% prices to SALE SALE make their sale prices SALE SALE look like a better deal than they are. Always use your phone to confirm Google the price you're paying is even a cheap one. CRACKED.COM — 18 Secret Shopping Tips That Will Save You Serious Cash

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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. — 28 Money Stats To Know (Or Not)

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Two-thirds of Americans will struggle to come up with $1000 for an emergency. Those who make less than $50,000 a year have it worst with around three-quarters finding it difficult. Among those who earn more than $100,000 a year, approximately 38% stated that it would be difficult even for them to scrounge up that amount. GRACKED COM — 28 Money Stats To Know (Or Not)

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Jeff Bezos has enough money to buy everybody in the world a Big Mac. KI UNITED STYPES DEAMERICA HOT = = د SIGN HOLLAR chocolate L12 عد HL 856 I I 10 - DOLLARS DOLLAR CHIER UNITED STYLES OFAMERICY GRACKED.COM — 28 Money Stats To Know (Or Not)

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THE VALUE OF ALL THE WORLD'S BANKNOTES AND COINS IS ABOUT $7.6 TRILLION. HOWEVER, THAT IS ONLY 8% OF THE AVAILABLE ACCESSIBLE MONEY. THE OTHER 92% EXISTS *ONLY* DIGITALLY. IT IS IN VARIOUS ACCOUNT BALANCES THAT CAN BE MOVED AND SPENT WITHOUT EVER BECOMING PHYSICAL._ CRACKED.COM — 28 Money Stats To Know (Or Not)

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Rich people have special therapists to help them from becoming mentally unstable due to their wealth. Called wealth therapists, their job is to help the 1% cope with the guilt and loneliness brought by being rich. GRACKED.COM — 24 Eyebrow-Arching Ways One Percenters Live

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Prosecuted rich people in China sometimes hire body doubles to serve their sentences in prison. DUES LIEBRA *Hu Bin, a rich 20-year-old who ٨ hit and killed a 1932 *Alleged body pedestrian while double of Hu Bin. drag racing. The practice is called ding zui, which translates to substitute criminal. GRACKED.COM — 24 Eyebrow-Arching Ways One Percenters Live

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If they want to cut the line when 40+ visiting Disney World, rich families could book the Private VIP Tours e seecs for DE the modest price of $425 to ROAD ICNI CPT KOOZ $625 per hour depending on the An SEADLR PRINTIE SALO season. SEPIES 1073 el WSmart 00274527 Considering that GMA the minimum duration is seven DB hours, they will Summi need to pay $2975-$4375 for a THANK day visit! 100 N CRACKED COM SOK — 24 Eyebrow-Arching Ways One Percenters Live

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The Apple JC computer cost $2, 638 C for the 48k RAM model) THE when released (or more than in dollars). 000 in 2014 Cut to 1984 5 items 232K in disk 167K available The original 1984 Apple Macintosh cost $2,495 (or about $5,600 in 2014 dollars). Documents Q In 1984, if, instead of buying a Mac, you had invested that money in Apple stock, your shares would be worth about $400,000 today-enough to purchase more than 300 MacBook Pros, valued at a piddly $1,200 each (13, 2.4Ghz model with retina display). 20 items, 84.73 CB available GRACKED.COM — 23 Reality-Shifting Comparisons About Money

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Gambling Revenue

Gambling generates more revenue than MOVIES, SPECTATOR SPORTS, VASA ARMS CRUISE SHIPS, & Recorded music COMBINED CRACKED.COM — 23 Staggering (True) Facts About Money

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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. — 23 Staggering (True) Facts About Money

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John Lennon's acoustic Gibson sold for $2.4 million TR FOR MORE T Lennon bought the guitar in 1962 for £161 and used it on The Beatles' first single Love Me Do. It was bought from a San Diego shop in 1967, with the purchaser having no idea of its history. CRACKED.COM — Rolling Stone

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CRACKED.COM PAY TO THE ORDER OF. BEAU VINE A check is only an instruction to a bank, therefore it can be written on anything. In the past people have written checks on such things as stone slabs, bananas and COWS. — 23 Staggering (True) Facts About Money

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By creating a website for fake doctors notes. CRACKED.COM The website myexcusedabsence.com was created in 2007 and provided a service for all those who wanted to get out of work or school, but didn't have the necessary proof: a doctor's note. The popular website sold personalized documents for $25 that apparently worked all the time, until too many people caught on and the site was taken down. — Post and Courier

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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany dress sold for $807,000 BLANCTOR Audrey Hepburn's original working script for the film sold for even more, a whoppin' $847,000. CRACKED.COM — The Guardian and The New York Times

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Khaby Lame

By reacting to absurd life hacks. 002745 2 Drawan CRACKED.COM Khaby Lame quickly rose to fame recently after his videos, which are deadpan reactions to useless life hacks, went viral on TikTok. By breaking down the flaws in a myriad of DIY videos without saying a word, he was able to reach audiences regardless of what language they spoke. To date he has partnered with the likes of Netflix, food company Brilla, and fantasy sports platform Dream11. — CNN

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It would cost you $2,350 to renounce your U.S. citizenship PASSPORT PASSPORT dead States The U.S. has the highest fee in the world. It hiked the fee from $450 in 2014. CRACKED.COM — Forbes

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Scientists think Bitcoin alone could push global temperatures above 2°C. That could happen by 2033, according to a study that looked at the power efficiency of BTC mining machines, their locations, and the CO2 emissions of those locations. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — University of Hawaii

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Starring in Napolean Dynamite will only earn you $1,000 Jon Heder initially only made $1000 for the titular role (but obviously made more once it became a box office hit). CRACKED.COM — Looper

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