Interesting facts about U.S. dollar bills

Did you know that there are two "money factories" in the U.S., Washington D.C. and Ft. Worth Texas, and they print over $600 million a day? Hey, they can build one in my backyard and it would pay for itself in what, a half a day?

"In God We Trust" - The motto was not adopted for use on U.S. paper currency until 1957.

95% of the notes printed each year are used to replace notes already in, or taken out of circulation. During FY 2006, 54.80% of the notes printed were $1 notes.

It costs $.05 to make one note.

A stack of currency one mile high would contain over 14½ million notes.

Have you ever wondered how many times you could fold a piece of currency before it would tear? About 4,000 double folds (first forward and then backwards) are required before a note will tear.

The average life span of a Federal Reserve Note by denomination:

$ 1 ...............21 months
$ 5 ..............16 months
$ 10 ............18 months
$ 20 ...........24 months
$ 50 ...........55 months
$100 ...........89 months