LITTLE KNOWN DETAILS ABOUT MONEY AND CURRENCY
Added on: 24th Oct 2016
IF YOU HAVE £10 IN YOUR WALLET AND NO DEBT
THEN YOU ARE WEALTHIER THAN ONE
QUARTER OF AMERICANS
IF BILL GATES SPENT $1 MILLION EVERY DAY,
IT WOULD TAKE HIM 218 YEARS TO SPEND
ALL OF HIS MONEY
UNTIL WORLD WAR II, TEA BRICKS WERE
USED AS CURRENCY IN SIBERIA AND ASIA
SEASHELLS USED TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON FORM
OF CURRENCY IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD
MORE THAN 34% OF AN AMERICAN'S TAKE-HOME
INCOME IS SPENT ON INTEREST
(CREDIT CARDS, LOANS, ETC.)
THE FLU VIRUS CAN REMAIN INFECTIOUS ON
A PAPER MONEY FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS
STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT ARGUING ABOUT
MONEY IS THE TOP PREDICTOR OF DIVORCE
THE FIRST CREDIT CARD THAT COULD BE USED
AT MULTIPLE ESTABLISHMENTS WAS
INVENTED BY FRANK MCNAMARA BECAUSE
HE FORGOT HIS WALLET WHEN HE WAS OUT
TO DINNER WITH FRIENDS
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