Money notes are not made from paper, they are made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen. In 1932, when a shortage of cash occurred in Tenino, Washington, USA, notes were made out of wood for a brief period.

The band Duran Duran got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie "Barbarella."

There is now an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which has a winter population of two hundred people.

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