stackyFACTSIf you ever feel like you’re just throwing your hard-earned money in the dirt, take solace in knowing the government is already doing it for you.
If you ever feel like you’re just throwing your hard-earned money in the dirt, take solace in knowing the government is already doing it for you. The Federal Reserve shreds thousands of tons of worn-out paper currency every year and occasionally sells it to local farmers for composting. So, yes, that artisanal, overpriced organic kale you just bought at the farmer's market might have been fertilized by the disintegrated remains of a 1998 one-dollar bill.
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