money
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Watch Old US Dollar Bills Get Turned Into Dirt
Video: When the Fed constantly replaces old, tattered dollar bills with new, crispy cash, millions of notes get pulled out of circulation while new dollar bills get put in circulation. So what happens to all that old money? It gets shredded. But then what?
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The Mathematical Explanation For Why You Can’t Catch A Falling Dollar Bill With Your Fingers
Here’s a really interesting mathematical explanation on how the “catch a dollar” trick works. You know the trick: a person holds a bill vertically and says you can keep the bill if you can catch the dollar with your fingers when it drops. You never catch it. It’s really hard! Why?
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Seeing These Card Tricks Up Close Almost Makes You Believe In Magic
Video: Magician Patrick Kun isn’t breaking the wheel when it comes to these magic tricks, but the way he packages them — short, sweet and right in front of the camera with little to no explanation — makes watching magic so much more fun. There’s no long build up, there’s no need to weave a…
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Australia’s New $5 Note Design Will Help The Vision Impaired
The Reserve Bank announced back in February that a new $5 note would be out from 1 September 2016. Today, it has revealed that we’ll get to see the new design on 12 April. The note will be the same basic colours, size and “include the same people” so it looks like we shouldn’t be…