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The largest bank note was the Chinese 1 Kwan, printed in the 14th century, measuring 9 X 13 inches.
More money is spent on arms in the world than on education, health, or any other form of development.
The cost of the 10-years campaign to eradicate smallpox worldwide was less than three hours spending on arms worldwide.
The wealth required to provide adequate food, water, education, health and housing for everyone in the world for a whole year is equivalent tot he amount spent on arms every two weeks worldwide.
The world’s worst inflation was in Hungary in June 1946, when the 1931 gold pengo was valued at 130 million trillion paper pengos.
Half the population of the world earns only 5% of the world’s total wealth.
As a check is only an instruction to a bank, it can be written on anything. In the past people have written checks on such things as stone slabs,bananas and cows.
The largest check every written was from the American ambassador to the Indian government for$1,279,187,490.
There are 138 stock exchanges in the world.
The first european stock exchange was established in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1531.
While not all of a person income is taxable in Norway, some people there pay more than 100% of their taxable income.
The highest recorded personal tax demand is one for $336 million on the estate of Howard Hughes.
Four of the richest countries in the world with some of the highest personal income, Bahrain, Brunei, Kuwait, and Qatar, have no tax at all.