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34 Money Facts Adjusted for Inflation

August 09, 2024

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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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Thomas Jefferson had a million-dollar wine habit. CRACKED.COM 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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CRACKED COM Chamber pots were used by our ancestors to ease their burden and SERVICE to PASSENGERS DONEY TERMITTES THIS GER - TEXA entry now are sold to collectors for prices high as $3870. — 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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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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Huge Losses

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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Gambling While Drinking

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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It took 10 years GRACKED.COM (from 1938 to 1948) for the Secrets Service to catch the dogive Mister NOT 100 LAGAL TE IT Eight-Eighty ONE PL HUNDRE T - LAY DOLLARS ... who had 'Wahsington' on his counterfeit $1 bills. That's right. Counterfeit $1 bills. — Source

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In 2010, the GSA spent $800,000 on a conference in Vegas. conositara : | I P I no 850198THE DI OM НВ 86 ... an LICENSE 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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CRACKED COM 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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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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NINETYPERCENT OF AZZL U.S. BILLS CARRY TRACES OF COCAINE, KB46279860I G 205 Herry m the hang 100 Secretary of Treamery CRACKED COM CONERUNDREDDOLARS — Source

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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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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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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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The Coinage Act of 1792 that established the US Mint made coin defacement, counterfeiting, and embezzlement by Mint employees punishable by death. Sources Medalle ... - MEDAILLEN 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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CRACKED.COM I'm Hiding Money Under My Mattress IS STILL VERY REAL. OPE 3 HOLA 50 Dell R 100 A 2017 study found that around 8.4 MILLION U.S. households did not have a BANK ACCOUNT. — Source

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The smartphone industry spends about $10 billion a year on suing over, and buying, patents. 400 430g 440 440g 450 4500 752al 752g 12 75222 8-11 Excation no Au Bulford Basic LE-O POLICE NEL Quick Connect DO THE 980 Christina Holano 1130 NG 951-7 on DE 23 MFG tos : 751 251 Screenshot cactur ed 1018 G Touch to WT you S made Emily Clarke 0452 PM Icio Today month or to it Special 00 5 Connected # media devico South to other 153 adidas $54005 ast DE company 75202 7520 75506 75201 PO 450g 450 That money could launch four Mars — Source

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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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Amancio Ortega, founder of Inditex-- who owns the fashion line Zara - purchased two office blocks in Seattle for $740 million. They were being leased by Amazon, making him Jeff Bezos' new landlord. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1968, billionaire Howard Hughes was paranoid that a photographer could secretly take pictures of him from the neon sign of the Silver Slipper, which was across from his Desert Inn penthouse in Las Vegas. So he bought HALL the casino for GA $5.4 ING million SLIPPER ($39.8 million AMOSS adjusted for inflation), and then sealed the door accessing the sign. CRACKED COM — Source

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TWENTY SHILL Counterfeit, 15 DESER Before it said In God We Trust, all US currency came with a handy reminder: TO COUNTERFEIT IS DEATH. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Extended warranties aren't worth it. The failure rate of modern gadgets and appliances is so low, you're almost sure to never need one with an extended warranty. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tesla dropping BTC as a payment method wiped out about $365 billion. The total value of all cryptos, including Bitcoin, dropped by roughly that much after Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla would no longer accept car purchases in Bitcoin. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Italy has a Fort Knox for cheese. Credito Emiliano accepts wheels of Parmesan as collateral for loans while cheese makers wait for their sources of income to mature. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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How many pennies are there? There are 130 billion pennies in circulation. In pounds, that's over 716 million. 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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Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged sweater sold for $334,000 The garment of the late Nirvana singer holds the record for the most expensive sweater sold at auction. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ingredients in high-end perfumes cost $1.20 to $1.50 The average cost to make the liquid of a $150 bottle of perfume is just 1% that amount. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Marty McFly's Hooverboard went for $500,000 The prop from Back to the Future // was signed by Michael J. Fox and significantly outsold the estimated $80,000 to $100,000. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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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