There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
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Paper money is not made from wood pulp but from cotton. This means that it will not disintegrate as fast if it is put in the laundry.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.
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In the U.S., for every dollar you spend on gasoline 27 cents of it is in taxes.
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Martha Stewart became a billionaire while in prison.
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The revenue that is generated from gambling is more than the revenue that comes from movies, cruise ships, recorded music, theme parks, and spectator sports combined.
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America once issued a 5-cent bill!
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There are more female than male millionaires in the United States.
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Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875.
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Until 1857, any foreign coins made of precious metal were legal tender in the United States.
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The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.
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The Bank of America was originally the Bank of Italy!
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Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Just one in three consumers pays off his or her credit card bill every month.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
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A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs only 22 pounds!
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About 10% of U.S. households pay their bills in cash.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
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Each day, more than $40 Trillion Dollars changes hands worldwide.
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If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.
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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.
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80% of millionaires drive used cars.
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More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world!
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The Australian $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 notes are made out of plastic.
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Americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year!
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The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
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The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months.
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Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour.
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Nearly 30% of female lottery winners hide their winning ticket in their bras.
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Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.
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To sell your home faster, and for more money, paint it yellow.
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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
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