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30 Priceless Trivia Tidbits About Money, Currency and Capitalism

As the Wu-Tang Clan so aptly put it, “Cash rules everything around me. C.R.E.A.M, get the money. Dollar dollar bill, y’all.” 

But since there are many forms of currency, the first letter of that acronym could use an update. Heck, a bank in Italy accepts cheese as collateral, so with cheese, crypto, credit cards… You know what? All of those start with a C too, don’t they? Maybe Wu-Tang was more ahead of their time than we thought.

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The first US coins said Mind Your Business. MIND YOUR BUSINESS You'll never believe this: it was Benjamin Franklin's idea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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BANQUE DU ZAIRE VINGY MIELE ZAIRES 0 0 0 0 17-1991 Nyuhril When dictator Joseph Mobutu was overthrown, Zaire's government cut his face off the currency until they could design and print new notes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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SZAZMILLIO SEAZMILLIO SZAZMILLIO SZÀZMILLIÓ B:-PENGO BUDAPEST. 3946 EVI JUNIUS HO 3 AN MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK DITEIRZYZS Gayer ELNOK SEAZMILLED FOTANACSOS IA BANKJEGYHAMISITAST д TORVENY DONTETI The largest-ever legal denomination was Hungary's 100 Million Trillion Pengo. It was worth 20 US cents. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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TWENTY SHILL Counterfeit, s 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

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China once accidentally faked out all its ATMs. 100 100 00 10 AA00000001 AA0000000 Their high-roller gold 100-yuan bill contained actual gold. It was such an effective anti-counterfeiting measure that the country's ATMS couldn't recognize them for several days. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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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

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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

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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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How much does it cost to rent an original Picasso? $5 per semester, if you're a student at Oberlin through their Art Rental program. CRACKED COM

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How much does a contract killing cost? The most extensive study was done in Australia in 2003. The offers ranged from $500 to $100,00. They averaged $16,500. Only use this information to write more realistic screenplays. CRACKED COM

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Who is the richest dog? 100 100 Gunther IV is a second-generation wealthy dog. Yup, generational wealth even applies to canines. The German Shepherd is believed to be worth $400 million. CRACKED COM

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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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What was the first item sold on eBay? Listed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, a broken laser pointer was the first item sold-for $14.83. CRACKED COM

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Have you ever dreamed of a dating app that functions like Tinder but without poor people? Try Luxy, a dating app for rich folks, which will kick out its users if they fail to prove that they earn about $500,000 a month. L LUXY - Connect with the Successful l & Attractive CRACKED.COM

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The 1% don't show off on Instagram - they use the app Rich Kids. Rich Kids is an Instagram clone with a twist: you can post photos only if you pay the monthly membership fee of €1,000 (about $1,160), but anyone can see them. No food porn, haul videos, or other Instagram staples get posted. It's just wall-to-wall ridiculously expensive products and experiences. CRACKED.COM

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The coveted American Express Centurian black card costs a minumum of $10,000 a year. AMERICAN EXPRESS® AMERICAN EXPRESS AMERICAN EXPRESS EXPRESS EXPRESS AMERICAN AMERICAN EXPRESS MERICAN 3749 800TL AMERICAN BY MEMBER SINCE 85 AMERICAN EXPRESS AMERICAN EXPRESS AMERICAN EXPRESS RICHY MCJERKFACE THE RICA AMEX You also have to spend a minimum of $100, 000 and make $1 million a year to even be qualified to carry one. The card has some members only secret perks, but is otherwise not that different from the Amex platinum card. CRACKED.COM

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CRACKED.COM So your cat died, but you can't bear to go on without him? For $725, you can have your cat taxidermed. But if that price sounds too upper-middle-class, $25,000 will get you a clone. Both procedures cost even more for dogs.

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Why spend pocket change on NORMAL toothpicks like a PEASANT when you can spend $18,000 on luxury, solid gold toothpicks? GRACKED.COM

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CRACKED LITERALLY BURNING $2 MILLION At the peak of his success, Pablo Escobar, the leader of the Medellín drug cartel, is said to have burned through two million dollars to make sure his daughter stayed warm while his family was on the run in the early nineties.

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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.

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CRACKED $182 BILLION IN A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR In January 2023, Elon Musk had lost a huge amount of money - around $182 billion - since November 2021, which was the biggest loss of personal fortune ever recorded.

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CRACKED TUTE MILK $33 BILLION IN 18 MONTHS Eike Batista, a Brazilian oil tycoon, went from an estimated wealth of $34 billion to less than $1 billion in just 18 months. Until Elon came along, that made him a contender for the person who has lost the most money in the history of the world.

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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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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.

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CRACKED $14.6 BILLION IN A DAY In November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried, the head of FTX, lost a lot of money - about $14.6 billion - in a single day, after he made a deal with Binance to get some help.

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CRACKED $4.5 BILLION LITERALLY OVERNIGHT Elizabeth Holmes had a lot of money, estimated to be around $4.5 billion, but it all disappeared in a single night. Her company, Theranos, had promised a revolutionary blood-testing technology, but it didn't work out as planned (to put it mildly).

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