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    One year, Elvis Presley paid 91% of his annual income to the IRS.
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    On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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    2.8 Million One Pennies
    2.8 Million One Pennies
    In 1987, an 18-year-old freshman named Mike Hayes funded his education by asking 2.8 million people for one penny.
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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    The hands of the clock on the back of the $100 bill are set at approximately 4:10.
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