Fascinating Facts About the Dollar

Did you know...

1. The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 38 million notes each day. These notes have a face value totaling approximately $541 million.

2. Of the notes printed each year, 95% are used to replace notes already in circulation.

3. Of the notes printed, 48% are $1 notes.

4. The U.S. Department of the treasury first issued paper currency in 1862 because of a coin shortage and the need to finance the War Between the States.

5. A stack of currency one mile (1.6km) high would contain more than 14.5 million notes.

6. If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years to spend them all.

7.Currency paper is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton. You would have to fold and unfold a note about 8,000 times before it would tear.

8. In God We Trust became part of the design of U.S. currency in 1957 and has appeared on all currency since 1963.



I learned these in my Economics at school.

The First English Bible

Did you know that the Romans were the first people that brought the Gospel to the British Isles?

It was A.D. 43 when the Romans first arrived in the British Isles and they introduced the Gospel to the inhabitants there and four centuries later, Roman Catholic missionaries arrived bringing Roman influence to the people. These early missionaries made a meaningful contribution to British literature, for they introduced the practice of keeping written records which led to the translation of the Holy Bible into the English language.

Here is the first part of the Lord's prayer in Old English.

Faeder ure, pu pe eart on heofonum,
"Our Father, which art in Heaven,"

si pin nama gehalgod. Tobecume pin rice.
"hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come."

Gewurpe oin willa on eoroan swa swa on heofonum.
"Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven."

Urne gedaeghwamlican hlaf syle us to darg.
"Give us this day our daily bread."

And forgyf us ure gyltas, swa swa we forgyfao urum gyltendum
"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."

I learned this in my English subject.

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