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The mini skirt was named after the Mini Cooper, the favorite car of its designer, Mary Quant. |
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In the original Cinderella story, the glass slippers did not exist. Instead, her shoes were made out of fur, but the story was changed in the 1600’s and included the new and now-famous glass slippers. |
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The inventor of the modern bikini, Louis Réard, named his creation after the Bikini Atoll — where the U.S. did tons of its nuclear testing — because he hoped it would make as big of a bang as the atomic bomb. Réard declared it wasn't a real bikini unless the fabric from it could be "pulled through a wedding ring." After its modern debut, the bikini was banned in Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Australia, and it was declared a sin by the Vatican. |
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Bill Nye the Science Guy owns a patent for ballet pointe shoes. |
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My wife asked what I was doing and when I told her she said "Me and Cam(our daughter) are making cookies Thursday.". What a bone head. I told her this batch will be gone by Monday night so they can make more Thursday. |
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Starting in 2020, California will become the first state in the nation to require all newly built homes to be solar-powered. |
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One of the most infamous album covers in music history, this 1966 US compilation originally had a photo of the Fab Four wearing butchers' smocks and draped in decapitated dolls and meat on its front. It was pulled from those stores that had allowed it to be sold after a day and replaced with a much more anodyne photo of the band. So-called 'first state' versions with the original image are hugely valuable and very rare. A sealed copy sold for $125,000 via Heritage Auctions in 2016. |
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The Lincoln penny is the only coin in which the figure faces right. |
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Crane Currency is a manufacturer of cotton-based paper products used in the printing of national currencies, passports and banknotes. Crane remains the sole supplier of paper for use in U.S. currency (Federal Reserve Notes) which started in 1879. CC, founded in 1801 is located in Dalton, MA. That's "The Old Stone Mill" where Crane started. They also make very high quality stationery. |
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U.S. banknotes are made on $7 million Swiss Super Orlof printing presses that exert 60 tons of pressure to force ink into cloth. Prized for their distinctive texture, U.S. banknotes are the finest quality engravings being produced in the world today. |
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Each color has its own physical characteristics. Green was selected for U.S. dollars because it’s the most resistant to fading, flaking, and discoloration. |
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Has a woman's portrait ever appeared on U.S. paper money? Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on a U.S. currency note. It appeared on the face of the $1 Silver Certificate of 1886 and 1891, and the back of the $1 Silver Certificate of 1896. |
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"E Pluribus Unum" is used on many of our country's seals and most of our currency and coins. During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress issued a three-dollar bill bearing the motto, "Exitus in Dubio Est," which translates to "The Outcome Is in Doubt." Despite congressional pessimism about the war, John Adams, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson proposed the more prophetic motto, "E Pluribus Unum" -- "One From Many." The motto first appeared on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. The Great Seal, however, didn't appear on U.S. currency until 1902. |
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The so-called "all-seeing eye" that sits atop the pyramid on dollar bills was included as a reflection of divine providence. This was not the only option that was considered to fulfill that desired theme. A depiction of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness was also discussed as a possibility. |
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It wasn’t until 1957 that the motto “In God We Trust” appeared on U.S. paper currency. |
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The U.S. Secret Service was originally created on July 5, 1865, during the Civil War to fight counterfeiting, which was a huge problem. By the end of the war, between 1/3 and 1/2 of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit. LOL . . . . couldn't resist! |
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At the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 37 million notes roll off the presses—per day. Almost half are $1 bills. Almost 95% of the notes printed each year are used to replace notes already in circulation. |
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