So California once again finds themselves with a budget shortfall of a Billion Dollars. That is a lot of zeros!
California cannabis growers/dealers plead to have their product legalized and taxed. They assure that thier product alone will raise at least the full billion dollars missing in tax revenues, preventing the closing of any government service picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

Researchers estimate that millions of pets, animal parts and meats are covertly smuggled across the border totaling a $10 billion industry, second only to illegal drugs. picked by 1krazykorean 1 year ago

The official inflation rate in Zimbabwe is running at 2,200,000%. In response to what this means to the prices of standard goods on shelves the Zimbabwean Treasury has announced they will be printing a one billion dollar bill.

This would probably buy two loaves of bread. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail? This site will help: "Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that ... read full post picked by thephrog 2 years ago

Some dollar coins lack "In God We Trust." The mint promised it wouldn't happen again, but you know what? It happened again. picked by hisidea 1 year ago

A genius artist couple started a website where they paint the various things they want, then sell the paintings for the real life cost of those things, then buy the things with the money from the paintings. picked by MissWinkle 4 months ago

Most folks can correctly name George Washington as the nation's first president. After that, things get tricky. The U.S. Mint is hoping its new dollar coin series will help refresh some hazy memories of Adams, Jefferson and all the rest. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago