40 Random Trivia Tidbits About the Almighty Dollar

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40 Random Trivia Tidbits About the Almighty Dollar

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The Plates to Print Money

The plates used to print money are hand-made. The dots and lines you see on your money are engraved by hand using very small tools. An engraver can take up to one year to complete a bill plate.

Government Spending

How much does the government spend on NASA? NASA's 2020 budget was $22.629 billion but consider that's only 0.48% of the U.S. government's spending. CRACKED COM

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Elvis

Elvis Presley's manager sold I Hate Elvis badges. GRACKED.COM Colonel Tom Parker created the badges as a way to make money off of people who weren't buying his merchandise.

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Giant Gambling Losses

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.

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Iraq Reconstruction

CRACKED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION A lot of the money the U.S. spent to fix up Iraq, which was around $60 billion, was misused, according to a report to Congress from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Up to $60 billion

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Spam Calls

A UK man set up his own 0871 line so that he would earn money from spam calls. O NOX e Incoming Call Unknown Decline In 2011, every time a bank, gas or electricity supplier asked Lee Beaumont for his details, he submitted the toll number as his con- tact number, which cost money to the caller. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is known as a filmmaker, but he made more money with wine. All I know is that one year we did $9 million. Four years later, $60 million. I was making much more money in the wine business than I ever made in films, he said in an interview. CRACKED.COM

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Steven Spielberg

Schindler's List earned almost 15 times as much money as it cost to make. But Steven Spielberg accepted no payment. Calling it blood money, the director instead his earnings to a Jewish foundation.

Plutophobia

PLUTOPHOBIA CRACKED COM Most people wish they had more money, but plutophobia is a fear of money or wealth. It may stem from a fear of the responsibilities or pressures associated with it, so they may sabotage their own career to prevent them from making more money.

iPods

Floyd Money Mayweather spent $50K on a diamond-encrusted iPod. 52400 CRAGKEDCOM 06200n2S4

Money and Happiness

How much money do you need to be happy? NOST Previous research suggested happiness plateaued at $75,000, but a recent study shows higher incomes can continue to increase day-to-day well-being. Sorry, Biggie, but it looks like more money means less problems. CRACKED COM

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Knife Money

China used to trade knife-money. Knife-replica coinage was developed in the regions where knives were commonly used tools, while spade-money hailed fr

Chad Ochocinco

CRACKED CHAD JOHNSON SAVED MONEY WITH A SCHEME THAT WILL, GENUINELY, SURPRISE YOU. Chad Johnson moved into the Bengals' stadium in 2001 to save money, and he managed to keep 80% of his salary by not buying luxury items. 5 18

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The ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Sequel

'Dumb & Dumber To' was funded using money stolen from a Malaysian government investment fund. CRACKED.COM Corrupt officials and finan- ciers stole $4.5 billion from 1Malaysia Development Ber- had between 2009 and 2015, laundering the money through a series of shell companies with bank ac- counts in the US and abroad.

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