July 14, 2010

Who left the bathroom door open? (Oh, it's just money.)

You may have heard of money laundering, but it doesn't usually involve ACTUALLY washing dollar bills. But in the African country of Zimbabwe, it does!

There, the local money (called the "Zim dollar") is so worthless, people use it for toilet paper. More valuable is foreign money, like U.S. dollars. But because crime is high in Zimbabwe, people don't keep their dollars in their pockets, wallets, or purses.

Instead, they stash the dollars deep in their underwear. And as a result, the money STINKS!

So the Zimbabweans wash it. Makes sense now, huh?
Story here.

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