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Thread #83814 Message #1545876
Posted By: GUEST
19-Aug-05 - 03:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know
Subject: RE: BS: Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know
" 1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton."
The semantics are skewed here. The significant thing is that paper can be (and traditionally was) made of cotton, or linen, or hemp, not just of wood pulp.