Archive for the ‘Fun Money Facts’ Category
Friday, January 1st, 2010
The New Year's ball that dropped in Times Square last year cost about $5 million. Five million dollars:
Throw off $50,000 per year, even at 1% interest
Stretch over 484 miles in $1 bills laid end-to-end
Is accrued on the US National Debt every two and a half minutes
Would weigh over 17 tons ...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Notaphily (pronounced no-TAH-fuh-lee) is the collecting of bank notes. Related terms are philately (stamp collecting) and scripophily (old stock and bond collecting).
After writing my post yesterday on gift cards vs. cash, and after thinking about what people might do if their unused gift cards expire worthless or if the company ...
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Many of my colleagues have heard about the recent cease and desistery regarding the trademarking of what I thought was a fairly common term for a frugal woman which, by the way, rhymes with barista. (Here's some context.)
But I'm not here to take sides. No-sir-ee-bob. I'm just here to provide ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
I got a bit of a bonanza at the credit union today. I've been in the habit of asking for funny money when I go there mainly because it's fun to spend money that's a little unusual. Today I was able to withdraw a substantial number of $2 bills and ...
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