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32 Stats and Facts About Money That May or May Not Make You Crazy

September 26, 2023

Wait, all “paper” currency is actually made of what?!?! To hold their bricks of cash together, Pablo Escobar’s cartel spent how much on rubber bands?!?! Of course, we know the answers; the emphasis was added for your benefit. All you need to do to get on our level is keep scrolling a little bit.

What, you thought we’d just tell you now, so you can move on to some other site?! Sorry bucko, this is a two-way street. If you’re as committed to this relationship as we are, here are a whole wack of incomprehensible stats and facts about the greenery…

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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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NNETYPERCENT OF AZZ U.S. BILLS CARRY TRACES OF COCAINE. KB46279860I G 205 Henry m the hang 100 Secretary of Treatory CRACKED COM ONERUNDREDDOLARS — Source

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No Trees Get Cut Down to Make Money

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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5% A of 35 31 25 8 3.4 lottery 29 5 5 ticket buyers buy 17 51% of all tickets 2 sold. 33 CRACKED COM — Source

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BASED ON 2011 SALES, OIL COMPANIES EXXON AND Chevron Mobil HAD LARGER ECONOMIES THAN AUSTRIA AND PORTUGAL RESPECTIVELY CZECH REPUBLIC MOLDAVI SLOVAKIA FRANCE HUNGARY SWITZERLAND MEXXOL ROMANIA SLOVEN CROATIA ITALY BOSNIA SERBIA & HER. BULGARIA nev ONTE ALBANIA MACE- SPAIN DONIA GREECE GRACKED.COM — Source

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The Perth mint in Western Australia recently produced the world's most valuable, legal tender coin. It's 80 cm wide, 12 cm deep, and weighs 1,012 kg. It's also made from 99.99% pure gold. It's legal tender value is $1 million. It's gold value is over $50 million. Go figure. Apparently, size does matter. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1923, hyperinflation caused German currency to lose, almost all of its value. It became so worthless that people gave it to children to play with or used it as wallpaper. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A person who drives 10 miles to buy a lottery ticket is 3 times more likely to be killed in a car accident while driving to buy the ticket than he is to win the jackpot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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On average, the flu virus can survive outside of the body for about 48 hours... OF tra live on a dollar bill ...it can DEPARTMENT for THE ITAL over 10 days. CRACKED COM — Source

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Impulse Purchasing

CRACKED.COM When possible, WALK to the store. Research shows impulse purchasing increases by 44%, just by taking your car with you. — Source

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Buy a front-loading washing machine to save on bills. SAMSUNG In comparison to top-loader washers, front-loading machines use 40 to 75% less water, and between 30 and 85% less electricity. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first real-world Bitcoin transaction involved buying two pizzas for 10,000 ВТС. That happened on May 22, 2010, and it was the equivalent of about $25 at the time -- it'd be roughly $360 million in late May 2021. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shrek

It cost $4 million to give Shrek a Scottish accent Mike Meyers originally gave the character a Canadian accent but switched a Scottish accent after a rough cut was already made. CRACKED.COM — 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 I'm Hiding Money Under My Mattress IS STILL VERY REAL. i RESORT 50 1 AT 26 100 4842 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 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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In 2017 TSA collected $869,839.56 in GRACKED.COM loose change. The change was left at airports and they have been collecting about half a million per year for several years. — Source

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In one of the U.S.'s poorest areas, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, people make on average less than $8,000 a year. ENTERING PINE RIDGE INDIANPESERYATION About 60% of them can't afford to plug into the power grid. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The smartphone industry spends about $10 billion a year on suing over, and buying, patents. 400 430g 440 440g as 4500 752al 752g 12 PO 75222 an-r Excation no Aug Bultfood Basic UA-DI NEL 410 Quick Connect THE SINCE 990 Christina Holand 1130 NG 951-7 0% DE 20 из tes : 750 251 Screenshot cactured 1018 Tough : ver you Emily Clarke 0452 PM Bello Today box г Special m on s Connected 35 2 media devico Touch to other 153 adidas $54005 DE concern 75202 7520 75004 75201 POR 450g 450 That money could launch four Mars Rover missions a year. — Source

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Or Maybe, You’re the Special, Lucky One Who Will Win Big!

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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The Lottery

70 PERCENT OF ALL LOTTERY WINNERS LOSE EVERYTHING IN THE FOLLOWING SEVEN YEARS UAG WAO 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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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 — Source

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Written Checks

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. — Source

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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 — Source

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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. CRACKED COM — Source

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Monopoly

More Monopoly money is printed annually than $1 STATES OF bills UNITED have been in a decade IS LEGAL TENDER STATES NOTE THIS OF AMI PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEBTS FOR ALL 7774 L WASHING DEPARTMENT 902L SERIES 2009 ED 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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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 — 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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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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CRACKED COM FEDERARESERVENOTE THE UNITED STATES DE AMERICA 1 THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 1 K 03040506H WANHINGTON,D.C. 11 H 11 K K 03040506H nHIN 11 1 SAMED - furrence N. donors 11 I Jimary 1 was ONEDOLAR BEFORE THE DAYS OF PAPER MONEY, AMERICANS TRADED ANIMAL SKINS, INCLUDING DEER & ELK BUCKS, FOR GOODS AND CURRENCY. HENCE THE WORD BUCK TO DESCRIBE MONEY. — Source

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GRAGKED.COM You only need to make $33,000 USD per year to make the cut for - the richest Global 1%. — Source

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According to the U.S. Air Force, 94% of the dollar bills they tested harbored bacteria. THE ENITED STATES OFA в 833494723 C does 694723C I 2 This bacteria could cause pneumonia and plenty of other serious infections. GRACKED.COM — Source

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