- If you had 10 billion $ notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.
- More of our fantasies are about money... than sex.
- Theft has become common by the invention of money. Temples have become the prime target as it is commonly visited by everyone including thieves.
- 90% of Americans who own pets buy them Christmas gifts.
- 92% of us would rather be rich than find the love of our lives.
- The origin of the “$” sign has been variously accounted for, however, the most widely accepted explanation is that the symbol is the result of evolution, independently in different places, of the Mexican or Spanish “P’s” for pesos, or piastres, or pieces of eight. The theory, derived from a study of old manuscripts, is that the “S” gradually came to be written over the “P,” developing a close equivalent of the “$” mark. It was widely used before the adoption of the United States dollar in 1785.
- Most people won't bend over to pick up money lying on the sidewalk unless it's at least a dollar.
- Tax collections in Egypt and Mesopotamia have become very easy when they started using the silver and the gold bars as their currency in near about 2500 B.C.
- Money is the leading cause of disagreements in marriages.
- Largest numerical denomination bill ever is 1 Milliard Hungarian Pengő (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) in 1946. It was only worth twenty cents US!
- The paper which was used for the U.S. bills is not made from trees. It has 75 percent of cotton and rest is linen.
- The 100 dollar note has been the largest denomination of currency in circulation since 1969.
12 interesting facts about money
