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20 Random Finance Facts That You May Not Have Known

Here is a list of finance facts that you have to read!
The filming of the movie 'Titanic'cost more than the Titanic itself!
The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
The higher the income, the more likely an American man will cheat on his wife.
The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
The Pacific island of Nauru’s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more female than male millionaires in the United States.
There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
Until 1857, any foreign coins made of precious metal were legal tender in the United States.
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!
Watermelons can cost up to $100 in Japan!
Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.
Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money, the rest only exists on computers.
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