WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Most paper currency contains trace amounts of cocaineen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down115
arrow-up1222arrow-down1external-linkTIL Most paper currency contains trace amounts of cocaineen.m.wikipedia.orgWhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down5·2 months agoI can’t remember the last time I handled paper currency
minus-squareSkunk@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·2 months agoThat’s because you were high on cocaine.
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoI didn’t think that could happen just from licking the notes!
minus-squareMatengor@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoYou’re not from Germany then. We love our Bargeld so much that we feel helpless without trace amounts of currency in our wallets.
minus-squareTJA!linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoYes, but mostly because there are still shops and restaurants who only accept cash
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months agoI said paper currency, not currency! I’ve handled plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI see, you used Romanian Leu, which is made of plastic! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Romanian_leu#Banknotes_of_the_fourth_leu_(RON)
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAustralian dollars are also plastic
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoCanadian dollars are plastic and contain pictures of things like a spaceship arm and a research vessel. Where are all the pictures of the illuminati?!?!?
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoMust not work POS, cash is flowing like mad all the time. Cards are more prevalent now but cash is still king
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoPlenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper!
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoAhh you must be from a somewhat sane part of the world…
minus-squareAurenkinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoUS money is made from mostly cotton. Thanks to Inside Man with Denzel and Clive for making me remember this bit of trivia.
minus-squareIncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSuch a good movie. I should watch it again soon.
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI was referring to the money being made of paper
I can’t remember the last time I handled paper currency
That’s because you were high on cocaine.
I didn’t think that could happen just from licking the notes!
You’re not from Germany then. We love our Bargeld so much that we feel helpless without trace amounts of currency in our wallets.
Yes, but mostly because there are still shops and restaurants who only accept cash
I said paper currency, not currency! I’ve handled plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper
I see, you used Romanian Leu, which is made of plastic! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Romanian_leu#Banknotes_of_the_fourth_leu_(RON)
Australian dollars are also plastic
Canadian dollars are plastic and contain pictures of things like a spaceship arm and a research vessel. Where are all the pictures of the illuminati?!?!?
And Italy too. Cash-loving countries.
Must not work POS, cash is flowing like mad all the time. Cards are more prevalent now but cash is still king
Plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper!
Ahh you must be from a somewhat sane part of the world…
US money is made from mostly cotton. Thanks to Inside Man with Denzel and Clive for making me remember this bit of trivia.
Such a good movie. I should watch it again soon.
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I was referring to the money being made of paper