Every July 1 Is A Million Dollar Day For Baseball’s Bobby Bonilla

Longtime baseball fans know this is the day each year that former star Bobby Bonilla gets more than a million bucks from the New York Mets, as part of the strangest salary deal the sport's ever seen.

By |2024-12-10T08:46:39-05:00July 1, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

Patrick Combs Cashed A $95,000 Promotional “Check” And Actually Got The Money

This month in 1995, the conclusion of a very odd saga involving one Patrick Combs, who deposited a promotional check from a piece of junk mail and actually got the money! 

By |2024-12-10T09:27:20-05:00October 3, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

A US Treasury Official Decided To Feature Himself On Currency

For National Dollar Day, the story of the time a guy overseeing the printing of US money decided the best person to feature on that money was… himself. 

By |2024-12-08T17:39:31-05:00August 8, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , |

The US Almost Had Coins Worth A Tenth Of A Cent

Around this time in 1935, the US government was making a big decision about some small amounts of money: there was a push to create a kind of currency worth a tenth of a cent. 

By |2024-12-08T17:38:02-05:00August 2, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Getting A Thousand Bucks In Oily Pennies In Your Driveway Is One Way To Wrap Up A Job

Leaving a job usually means wrapping things up with your soon to be ex-employer including getting a final paycheck. But here’s the story of a guy who got a pretty unpleasant sendoff. 

By |2024-12-10T09:29:15-05:00July 15, 2023|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Pennies Were First Used Back When A Penny Was Worth Something, By Golly

Today in 1793, the U.S. Mint issued its first circulating coins, which were one-cent pieces. Here's a little bit about how we got the penny and some of its most memorable designs.

By |2024-12-08T17:36:16-05:00March 1, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

Tenino, Washington, The Town That Makes Its Own Money Out Of Wood

Digital currencies are having a rough 2022, but one alternative currency has been doing pretty well for itself lately. That’s the wooden money made in Tenino, Washington.

By |2024-12-16T09:42:43-05:00July 25, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

How Did U.S. Dollars Get Their Name?

Today in 1785, the US Congress decided that the name of our country’s currency would be the dollar. Getting to that point was kind of a trek.

At The Arkansas State Capitol, They Let Visitors Hold Actual Taxpayer Dollars

Today is April Fool’s Day, but it's also it’s the first day of Financial Awareness Month. So be aware that at the Arkansas State Capitol, you can hold the state’s money in your hands.

By |2024-12-10T09:28:30-05:00April 1, 2022|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , |
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