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It takes about 15 years of training to learn how to draw money. Turns out that money is printed or stamped from hand-carved dies.

I saw that on some documentary about making money.

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The Stepan Company is the only company in America legally allowed to import coca leaves. The cocaine-free leaves are sold to Coca Cola. The good stuff is sold to Mallinckrodt, some generic drug manufacturer.

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10-15-2014 , 01:00 AM

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I'm sure a lot of people know this but the crater of the asteroid believed to cause the extinction of the dinosaurs is located partially on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

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10-15-2014 , 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by daveT

It takes about 15 years of training to learn how to draw money. Turns out that money is printed or stamped from hand-carved dies.

I saw that on some documentary about making money.

You might find this guy interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._S._G._Boggs

I saw a fascinating documentary on him once, but it seems to be unavailable. I think this is a trailer for it: