Raise your hand if you love random facts. Keep them up if you love money facts. Seriously, I dig me some randomness, but these are just crazy.
After reading this list, you will probably never look at money the same way.
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Zero trees are cut down every year to make money.
Yep, turns out our bills are a linen and cotton blend- so no one be “gettin’ paper after all.”
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The word “buck” for describing money came from the good old days of trading food, gold, or even deer and elk bucks…. hence the word buck.
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The flu virus can live on a dollar bill for 10 days (only 48 hours outside of the human body).
So please don’t kiss your money- you will get ill, for real.
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90% of all US dollar bills have trace amounts of cocaine.
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It costs 2.41 cents to make one penny.
Smh.
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You can buy an uncut sheet of 32 $1 bills.
Future wallpaper anyone?
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A $1 bill has an average life of 6 years.
$50 bills have the shortest lifespans, 3.7 years.
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China created the world’s first paper money was created 1400 years ago.
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If you have $10 in your pocket and no debt, you are wealthier than 25% of Americans.
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34.5% of the average American’s take home income is spent on interest.
No wonder we feel so broke every month.
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Money arguments are the #1 predictor of divorce.
Pretty crazy stuff right? I had to share these with you guys, because they definitely made me look at my cotton/linen blend differently.
Hope you are having a great day!
