WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoTIL Most paper currency contains trace amounts of cocaineen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up12
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minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoI can’t remember the last time I handled paper currency
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days 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-up0·20 days agoPlenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper!
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-220 days agoAhh you must be from a somewhat sane part of the world…
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoUS money is made from mostly cotton. Thanks to Inside Man with Denzel and Clive for making me remember this bit of trivia.
minus-squareMatengor@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days 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-squareRVGamer06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoAnd Italy too. Cash-loving countries.
minus-squareTJA!@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoYes, but mostly because there are still shops and restaurants who only accept cash
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoI said paper currency, not currency! I’ve handled plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days 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)
I can’t remember the last time I handled paper currency
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.
You’re not from Germany then. We love our Bargeld so much that we feel helpless without trace amounts of currency in our wallets.
And Italy too. Cash-loving countries.
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)