USA trivia

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15 Rather Strange Facts About The USA     I've always been a believer that truth is stranger than fiction, but these facts about the U.S. Are just about the strangest I've ever heard! Here are 15 Very Strange U.S. Facts:

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Strangest Banknotes

World's Largest Banknote (Philippines)

As large as a sheet of legal paper, the world's

 largest single banknote is the 

100,000-peso note created by the Government of 

the Philippines in 1998 to 

celebrate a century of independence from Spanish rule. 

The note was offered only 

to collectors, who could purchase one of the 

limited-edition notes for 180,000 pesos (around US$3,700).

One Hundred Trillion Dollars (Zimbabwe)

Worth about US$300, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 

began printing these $100 trillion banknotes in January 2009.

 At the time, the country had the highest inflation rate 

in the world, and the bill pictured above was 

worth about US$300. In July 2008, the 

inflation rate reached a stunning 231 million percent! 

A single loaf of bread cost

 roughly 300 billion Zimbabwean dollars. 

By April 2009, the Zimbabwean dollar was

 defunct, but you can still get a copy of the banknote online.

YOU must b very strong in arithmatic ven u go 4 shopping! - 

n so d shopkeeper

500,000,000,000,000,000,000 Banknote (Yugoslavia)

The former European country of Yugoslavia experienced an amazing 

hyperinflation starting in 1989, until economic reforms

 took place in 1994. The highest banknote 

denomination in 1988 was 50,000 Dinara, 

but this had changed to 500,000,000,000 Dinara by 1994!

Einstein's Banknote (Israel)

 

In 1952, the first Israeli prime minister, 

David Ben-Gurion, offered physicist Albert Einstein 

the nominal position of president of Israel. Einstein turned 

down the offer, but the State of Israel 

still wanted to honor the physicist. 

Therefore, when the Bank of Israel created their first currency, 

the Lirot, they celebrated Einstein in their 5-lirot note of 1968. (

Punched out Mobutu Banknotes (Zaire)

In 1997, the African country of Zaire, known today

 as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 

overthrew the totalitarian regime of Joseph Mobutu. 

When the new government found itself in a 

cash shortage, they decided to use large stacks of old 

20,000-Zaire notes by simply punching out 

Mobutu's image, sustaining them until the new 

currency was designed and printed. 

Bookstore themed hotel

Bookstore-Themed Tokyo Hotel Has 1,700 Books And Sleeping Shelves Next To Them   Some people love books, while other get put to sleep by them. Book and Bed Tokyo, a bookstore-themed hotel located on the seventh floor of a high-rise in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro neighborhood that opens its doors on November 5th, is perfect for both. Designed by Makoto Tanijiri and Ai Yoshida of Suppose Design Office, it promises to be the best place to curl up with a good book and fall asleep.   The ‘Compact’ compartment measures 205 x 85 centimeters (80.7 x 33.5 inches), and the ‘Standard’ is 205 x 129 centimeters (80.7 x 50.8 inches); the price per evening can be 3,800 to 6,000 yen (US$32 to $50), depending on the size of accommodations. On opening day, there will be 1,700 English and Japanese language books available, but the hotel plans to eventually expand its library to 3,000.   Traveling bookworms will soon have a new place to stay in Tokyo     The Book and Bed has 1,700 English and Japanese Language books     Bookshelf-beds provide an interesting place to sleep     The compartments are small, but the price is right for such a prime location!       Eventually, there will be over 3000 books     Book and Bed Tokyo opens its doors on November 5th

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