After several unsuccessful attempts to get the chain above the water, Jack ordered the machinist of his boat to remove the chain with a little help from the dredging machine.The machinist put the engine on... and they all felt a big jolt. Jack's men took the iron colossus from the water.  It had been stuck under a large piece of wood. But by now, it was teatime, so they went away to sip from their tea, and when they returned, they heard from the depths of the canal people yelling and cursing and... Over a distance of more than two miles, the canal was simply gone and the owners of some pleasure boats were not very happy with this whole new situation. Jack Rothwell immediately realized what had happened: he had pulled out the canal tub pop stop, that had been placed there two hundred years earlier by the engineer James Brindley... 

1. Smoking pot! The last thing your parents want you to find out is that they smoked pot and liked it! Well if your parent did it then it is fine for you to try and use too eh? Well that isn't the way your parents look at it my friend! Drugs are bad but not for them! They did it but you shouldn't!
2. Junk Food! Everyone has a drawer, cupboard or cabinet that is just full of crap and by crap I clearly mean junk food! Parents think it is the ultimate secret and that you only get it when you behave or are watching a movie etc. They would never guess that you had found it, FOUR YEARS ago ha ha! To a parent if they try to keep a secret like that to them you CAN'T figure it out, until of course they notice you gained 15 pounds and the food is gone!
3. Music! Most parents would be upset if you found their Rolling Stones and other, less tasteful music on albums or tapes! They listened to things as controversial as Britney Spears and Katy Perry it was just a different controversy just as serious at the time! We can at least thank our stars that out parents thought "you are my candy girl" was riské but at least it was good!
4. Driving! Well not all parents drove responsibly for a teenager (and by responsibly for a teenager I clearly mean completely recklessly!) Your dad probably got your mom because he drove a nice 1965 red mustang convertible! Which he then drove in ways that you would be grounded for years if your parents saw!

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1. What future co-star of a 70's hit sitcom had an uncredited role as a prison guard in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho "?
2. In the television show " The Addams Family " what was the name of Wednesday's headless doll?
3. What future " Saturday Night Live " regular had a bit part in " Halloween II "?
4. On " Happy Days ", Fonzie was a member of The Falcons. Chachi was asked to join The Lords. What was the name of the local gang of teenagers, all wearing the same jackets with the gang's name emblazoned on the back, to which Richie, Potsie and Ralph Malph considered joining?
5. In 1970, Baskin-Robbins created an ice cream that was a blend of vanilla ice cream with orange pieces and licorice bits. For what television show was this flavor a promotion for?
6. "Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But, there is, unseen by most, an underworld. A place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... "
   This is the opening intro to what spooky television anthology series?
7. Freddy Kreuger served as host of the anthology series " Freddy's Nightmares ". What role did Jason Voorhees serve to the show " Friday the 13th: The Series "?
8. In a 5th season episode of " The X-Files ", titled "Travelers", we find out how the unsolved cases division of the FBI got the "X" designation, with a scene from the 1950s. What was the reason they were called "X" files?
   (A) "X" stood for extra-terrestrials(B) "X" case were extremely strange(C) "X" was just a roomy file drawer
9. What's the "dimension of imagination," according to the host of a classic TV series?
10. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, the stars of the eerie TV series " Supernatural, " are starring in separate movies in 2009, movies that are remakes of old horror films. For two points, can you name these two movies?
11. Actress Alice Ghostley played Esmerelda, Samantha's maid/babysitter witch, on " Bewitched ". What bodily function caused Esmerelda's already sketchy magical powers to create unforeseen, and comical, situations?
12. In the 70s, Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann played sister and brother in " Escape to Witch Mountain " and it's sequel " Return from Witch Mountain ". But they also played siblings in what lesser known 1978 TV horror film?
13. Which horror anthology television show had an old book called The Manifest, which cataloged all the cursed items the characters sought to retrieve?

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1. Ted Knight, who went on the television fame as Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
2. "Marie Antoinette." Wednesday also liked to collect spiders. Morticia had a man-eating plant named Cleopatra.
3. Dana Carvey. The killer in the Halloween movies WAS named Michael Myers, but Mike Myers (the actor/comedian) was NOT in Halloween II.
4. The Demons.
5. "Bewitched". The flavor sold only briefly and the only memento from this concoction are the promotional ads and displays that feature Samantha, Endora and Tabitha brewing a huge cup of this strange flavor. The actress who played Tabitha, Erin Murphy, said it was terrible.
6. "Tales from the Darkside", from the 80's.
7. None. The character of Jason Voorhees was not a part of the television show, which only used the name of the movies. The plot and characters were entirely separate. There was some thought about putting the hockey mask in an episode, but it was never done.
8. (C) "X" was just a roomy file drawer. The woman in charge of the FBI's filing system in the 50s did file the unsolved cases under "U" for unsolved. When she ran out of room, she used the "X" file, because, as she said, there is plenty of room there.
9. The Twilight Zone.
10. "Friday the 13th" and "My Bloody Valentine". "My Bloody Valentine," a remake of the 1981 Canadian film, is due in theaters on January 16, 2009 and "Friday the 13th," a remake of the 1980 film with elements of it's first two sequels as well, is due out on Friday, February 13, 2009.
11. Sneezing. Always having trouble making spells work, Esmerelda had even more problems when she sneezed. I also accepted fading from sight when nervous, as Esmerelda did this probably more often than sneeze. Alice Ghostley also played the very funny Bernice Clifton on "Designing Women".
12. "Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell" which also starred Richard Crenna and Yvette Mimieux as their parents.
13. "Friday the 13th: The Series". Lewis Vendredi kept track of all the antiques he sold in this book, and Micki, Ryan and Jack used it to track them all down and get them back safely. The first season of the show was recently released on DVD.

1. Is the pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
2. What is the Romanian Language word for "son of the devil" or "son of the dragon"?
3. What was the name of the ancient Celtic (or druidic) festival for the "end of summer" that eventually became the basis of Halloween?
4. Ehrich Weiss died on Halloween, 75 years ago. What was he better known to the world as?
5. What horror movie great voiced the character of cartoon villain Ratigan in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective "?
6. This little Halloween favorite has 3.57 calories per piece, and comes in different varieties for other holidays, like Reindeer (for Christmas), Indian (for Thanksgiving), Cupid (for Valentine's) and Bunny (for Easter). But 75% of the annual production goes towards Halloween. What is this trick-or-treat classic?
7. Which country celebrates "The Day of the Dead" instead of Halloween?
8. Which company runs a Flavor Graveyard on their website?
   (A) M&Ms (B) Ben & Jerry's (C) J-ELLO (D) Coca-Cola
9. What is anthropophagy?
10. What reluctant horror-story hero was enamored with the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel?
11. In " The Nightmare Before Christmas ", what was the name of Jack's ghostly, dead pet dog?
12. Who are we talking about in this old 19th-century children's rhyme:
    _____________, born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, took ill on Thursday, worse on Friday, died on Saturday, buried on Sunday. This is the end of _____________.
13. A planchette is most commonly used during what "supernatural" activity?

Answers

1. Pumpkins are fruits. A pumpkin is a type of squash and is a member of the gourd family, which also includes squash, cucumbers, gherkins, and melons.
2. Dracula! The real person Dracula was based on was named Vlad "Dracula", that is the son of (also Vlad) "Dracul" - word meaning both "the devil" and "the dragon" in Romanian. He lived - between ca. 1431 and 1476.
3. "Feast of Samhain." There is no evidence that there was a Celtic death god named Samhain. There is some evidence that an obscure character named Samain or Sawan played a minor role in Celtic mythology, but he is little mentioned and was not associated with death. "Sam" and "hain" mean "end of" and "summer" to the Celts. The Celts, who only celebrated two seasons (summer and winter), believed that the veil between this world and the next was thinnest at this time of year, the end of October. They believed that the souls of dead friends and relatives returned, often inhabiting the bodies of animals, such as black cats. Samhain was also a new year's celebration, as the Celtic year stated with winter.
4. Harry Houdini, magician famed for his escape acts. Born Ehrich Weiss, he named himself after the French magician Robert-Houdin.
5. Vincent Price. Shortly before his death, he said that one of his most favorite roles was the voice of Professor Ratigan in the Disney feature, especially since two original songs had been written for him.
6. Candy Corn!
7. Mexico. It is called “El Día de los Muertos” and celebrated on November 1st.
8. (B) Ben & Jerry's. Some of the dearly departed flavors are Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz, White Russian, Peanuts! Popcorn! and Dastardly Mash!
9. It's another name for cannibalism, the eating of one's own kind. "Cannibalism," by the way, is derived from the Spanish word for the Caribs, a West Indian tribe that is believed to have practiced cannibalism.
10. Shy schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.
11. Zero.
12. Solomon Grundy. A different version of the rhyme is: Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday, christened on a stark and stormy Tuesday, married on a gray and grisly Wednesday, ill on a mild and mellow Thursday, worse on a bright and breezy Friday, died on a gay and glorious Saturday, buried on a baking, blistering Sunday. This is the end of Solomon Grundy.
13. A planchette is used with a Ouija or spirit board, sometimes called an indicator or pointer. It is usually triangular or heart-shaped and supported by casters. It moves to spell out messages or answers to questions.

1. Who was the only movie actor to play The Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, the mummy and a vampire in different films?
2. What was the only film (not counting documentaries or retrospectives) to feature the talents the three horror greats Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and Vincent Price?
3. How many rooms to rent were there at the Bates Motel in “Psycho ”?
4. For what horror film was Mercedes McCambridge supposedly fed raw eggs and alcohol, then smoked cigarettes and was strapped to a chair to do a "special" voice?
5. When this horror legend passed away, chiropractor Tom Mason took over his role and a "classic" film was created. Name the actor who died and the film.
6. I have had a long and varied acting career in nearly 220 films, including many horror roles. I have played Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, Kharis the Mummy, Dr. Fu Manchu, Rasputin, Saruman and Count Dooku. I regret turning down the role of Dr. Loomis in " Halloween ." I was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. I am also listed as the "Center of the Hollywood Universe." Oh, and I celebrated my 86th birthday this year. Who am I?
7. A year after directing the horror classic " Dracula ," Tod Browning made another film that was a shock to audiences and banned for many years in the US and other countries. What is this unsettling film?
8. In the classic 1974 horror movie " Black Christmas ", where did the killer hide for much of the time?
9. What horror movie classic had a brother taunting his sister in the beginning with the line "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"?
10. Why does Frankenstein's assistant Fritz steal an abnormal brain from the university?
    • There were only abnormal brains there
    • He dropped the only normal brain
    • All the normal brains were dissected
11. In " The Mummy's Hand ," what happens when the doctor feeds a serum of tanna leaves to the mummified remains of Kharis?
    • Kharis meets his end at the hands of Dr. Petrie
    • Kharis uses his powers for good
    • Kharis is revived, and kills Dr. Petrie
12. Bodega Bay is the setting for which classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller?
13. Which of these monsters does NOT appear in 1945's " House of Dracula "?
    • (A) Dracula
    • (B) Frankenstein's Monster
    • (C) The Wolfman
    • (D) The Mummy

Answers

1. Lon Chaney, Jr., is the only person to have played all four of the classic movie monsters: "The Wolf Man" (1941) (as Larry Talbot/Wolf Man); "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942) (as The Frankenstein Monster); "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942) (as Kharis, the mummy); and "Son of Dracula" (1943) (as Count Anthony Alucard, Dracula's son).
2. "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". Bela Lugosi played Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. played the Wolf Man, and Vincent Price did the voice of the Invisible Man uncredited.
3. 12 rooms. "We have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies."
4. The demon voice in "The Exorcist". Director William Friedkin originally wanted Linda Blair's voice. After 150 hours of work on sound recording in pre-production, Friedkin rejected it, and brought in McCambridge.
5. Bela Lugosiin "Plan 9 From Outer Space". Lugosi died four days after shooting some scenes for Ed Wood. After Lugosi's death, Wood abandoned the project and rewrote the script to accommodate all the footage shot in a cemetery and outside Tor Johnson's house in the new production. Béla Lugosi's part was taken over by Tom Mason, Wood's wife's chiropractor, who was significantly taller than Lugosi, and played the part with a cape covering his face. The movie is considered the worst of all time.
6. Christopher Lee. He has had a film released every year since 1948, except for 1995. His peak years were 1955 and 1970, with 9 films released in each of those years.
7. "Freaks" from 1932. A film about carnival life with real sideshow performers. It unnerved many, and was shelved by MGM. A man named Dwain Esper acquired the rights and exhibited the movie in sideshows. Many of the laws banning this film have never been repealed, so technically it is illegal to show it in some places.
8. In the attic of the sorority house. This movie is not as well known as "Halloween", but was clearly an inspiration for John Carpenter. And as a really interesting tid-bit, the director of "Black Christmas" was also the director of the holiday classic "A Christmas Story".
9. 1968's "Night of the Living Dead". Johnny taunts his sister Barbara with this line in the cemetery.
10. He dropped the only normal brain.
11. Kharis is revived, and kills Dr. Petrie. He proves he's not a morning person.
12. "The Birds," starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor and Jessica Tandy.
13. The Mummy. The original movie poster also touted a "Mad Doctor" and a "Hunchback".

But I have issue with people who come to my door begging. It's not that I'm cold or callous, I've had my fair share of crap jobs that required me to put on a big cheesy smile, slap on my Sundays finest and ring that buzzer or rap my knuckles on some door in the hopes of earning a nice big paycheck.

Actually, scratch that. The only time I went around was during my childhood where the school system would use us as pawns in their drive for next years funding by handing us a packet full of magazines where we'd be intimidated into going to the little old ladies in our neighborhoods in the hopes that they were senile enough to forget that they just bought from Timmy, Sally, Barby and Judy long enough to buy some trinket that'd be devoured or handed over to some hapless relative the next time they visited. Usually it was those tins of popcorn that would sit in someones closet until the next annual family garage sale, or the bars of chocolate that you could get at the local grocer for half the cost.

I devised a list for my family after I got a particularly nasty door to door salesman. Now, don't get me wrong, the man was actually quite nice, but very and I mean -very- pushy. He was polite and to the point, he wanted us to buy his item. Now this particular item was actually rather useful. The problem was that we as a family have to simply budget for everything. With five people in the house and only two working, that means every penny has to be fairly accounted for. We explained it to this nice gentleman and he said he understood but insisted we buy his stuff. It came down to a point to where my husband had to threaten him with physical harm in order to get him to leave. We moved on with our lives, but that one experience left us scarred; were people so desperate for money that they'd refuse to leave until someone bought their stuff? What kind of sales tactics were required for his line of work that would require putting ones life on the line!?

Either way, the experience we can look back on and be amused. Also it gave me a chance to place this little gem upon our door.

NO SOLICITORS

1.I don’t want your newspaper. If I did, I’d go buy one. Besides, all there seems to be now days is bad news. Why would I want bad news delivered daily?

2.It’s great you’re raising money to support various charities, but I don’t ask you to support my family. If you saw my fridge you’d leave. In fact, you'd probably give me money.

3.I have a lawn mower, thank you. His name is Krumb and he’s a very nice llama. We just don’t let him out very often.

4. Don’t come to my door to preach religion and I won’t come to your place of worship and rearrange your religious icons with Barbie in compromising positions with the 12 apostles.

5.It’s nice you want to go to Disney Land and are selling magazines/candy; I would like to go too. Hence why I’m not giving you money to go.

6.Why yes, my house probably does need new siding/painting; that’s your opinion, I’m rather fond of my ‘roughing’ it look my house has. It makes it that much more fun for the kids at Halloween.

7.No, I do not want whatever pet you’re giving away. I have enough of my own. And Refer to #3, Krumb doesn’t like sharing.

8.We don’t like sunlight. We’re nerds, it burnnnss us. So try to have some courtesy when knocking, or come in the evening. Twilight is best.

9.I’m happy with my Cable Tv service. Satellite isn’t for us; I prefer to keep my dishes in the cupboard.

10.If you’re here to sell something, turn yourself right around. I have a dog and she’s very fond of using those trying to get money out of us as chew toys. :)

Thank you and have a nice day.

Four months we have had this sign upon our door; it's weathered rain, hail, and even brutal one-hundred degree tempuratures, and I have to thank this little piece of paper for saving my piece of mind-  I have yet to have a single knock on my door, a single adult or cherubic faced little child asking if I'd like to sponser them for a trip to Africa, buy their vaccuum cleaner or send starving children in some nameless country to the zoo.

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Cheques were never designed to bounce but it's not unusual for them to do so. Anyone got a rubber cheque book?

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First there were bouncy games for children but this bouncy castle is designed for adult bouncing games. Use your imagination.

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Balls were designed to bounce. Here, more than fifty thousand balls were used to make an advertisement in down town Sanfrancisco.  Yes, they were real bouncy balls.

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Balloons are designed to bounce. Adults and children alike enjoy a display of bouncing balloons. Fet in the party mood whatever the weather.

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These fabulous bouncing boots could be great fun. If you ever wished you were a bit taller they could be very useful. Perfect for seeing over the top of high fences and walls. Ideal for reaching high shelves in the supermarket and if you ever had the urge to do it for some reason, an excellent way of looking into upstairs windows.

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A Jack-in-a-Box is designed to bounce out at you when you lift the lid but this one is special. Jack is a real live man who jumps up when lid is lifted.

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Pogo sticks used to be children's toys but now they too have become adult toys. In US and Europe, Pogo stick jumping has become a championship sport. Get yourself one of these and a pair of bouncing boots and you will be able to see all kinds of things that you totally missed before.

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The first Grand National Spacehopper Chase was held in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Only three adult riders entered and bounced their way around the Cathedral daffodils.

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Alien IZ is a 23 cms tall space age speaker system. Poke his belly and the beat increases. Turn his ears and pump up the volume until he literally bounces with the sound.

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This brave jumper is all strapped up and diving 165 in a bungee jump. When he gets to the end of the bungee rubber, he'll bounce. Well, at least we hope he will. His life depends on a good bounce.

I know most people don't have a trampoline, but for those of you that do, or can borrow your neighbors, it still is fun.  Really!  You might have thought you had drained all the fun juice out of that sucker, but trust me, it is really fun.  Just try some new wacky tricks, like landing a frontflip if you already hadn't.  You could also get a ball and just throw it around, just be creative.

Play With Your Pet

Most likely, you pets are also very bored, so it is a double win, YEAH!  Most common thing to do with you pet is take them out for a walk, and why not.  It couldn't hurt...except that creepy guy down the street that always stalks you.  Anyway, forget him, just have fun with walking your pet.

Read Some Articles

This is, of course, a website that publishes nearly any article you can think of.  One of the funnest things Iv'e found to do is just skim through random articles.  There are many interesting ones, just find a topic that you like to read about.  Oh and it wouldn't hurt to read some of my articles.

Go Sightseeing

You don't have to travel to any exotic place to go sightseeing.  There is probably a just as good place in your yard to go sightseeing.  I know this sounds boring, but you will find things you've never really noticed before.  You will really get a whole new perspective about the world.

Play Japanese Mario Kitten

Ok, ok, I know what you are thinking.  WTF is Japanese Mario Kitten.

This:

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This, might be the most frustrating, yet, funnest game I have ever played.  This game really tests your brain and your logical thinking with reverse psychology and other mind tricks.  You will be lucky if you get past the first level.  Things are not always as they seem in this game.  I am willing to give you the walkthrough, but I still think you will have a terribly touch time beating this game.

Walkthrough:

I've done this many different times and I believe it is the best way to conceal any fart whether big or small. This technique won't really work if your farts are loud but if they are silent and deadly like mine this works almost every single time. If you left a friend's conversation or see your friends while walking try and walk a extra 4-5 minutes to complete your innocence.

2) Go to the Bathroom

This technique also works wonders for me and I think that not many people do this. Sometimes when I'm walking, and I feel a fart coming on, I dash into the closest bathroom and release my pent-up fart. I also suggest going into a stall because if you fart loud in a stall people will just assume you're just going number two and there also isn't too much embarrassment since people can't really see you either.

3) Yell something loud

I've used this maybe once or twice but it does sort of get the job done. This definitely won't work if your farts are smelly but if they are just loud with no smell I highly suggest this. You can't yell something on the street randomly but if you're in a conversation with one of your friends and you feel it coming out you can just yell something like WOW THAT'S SO INTERESTING or AWESOME (it has to be enthusiastic and related to your conversation). The key thing with this is you have to time it just right with your fart. Sometimes, people fart before or after they yell and then it just defeats the whole technique.

4) Blame someone else

This works only if you are great actor or actress and you can clearly communicate with people. You can't just blame someone right away for that smell you already knew was coming. I wait a couple of seconds until someone else has smelled or heard that someone has farted and then I immediately go to work. I have a long story in mind and use my excellent "detective" skills to find that some other person farted when I usually am the one to blame. Be careful ,though, never do this with just three people because usually they can figure out it was you.

5) Pretend to be clueless

In meetings or classrooms if you let a fart out and you just pretend nothing happened sometimes everyone else feels the same way. A great tip to follow, when you're in class, is to put your head down and pretend your are sleeping. No one blames a guy who's asleep for that massive fart in the back of the class. In meetings, I'd just let one rip and keep going about my business because usually everyone else is focused in the meeting too . Even if I'm sitting around with my friends and the blame game is played. I usually just keep out and just keep quiet because even if someone blames me. My friends usually don't do much after that if I act completely oblivious to the fart.

An easy way to detect counterfeit bills that most counterfeiters do not even attempt to make money to pass this test since so few people including the counterfeiters even know this test is to use a magnet or magnet up against the bill. Bills have a thin strip of metal that are attracted to magnets. This test will work on any denominations even the $1, and $2 bills that have not been updated like the larger denominations.

The $1 bill has some interesting simple design tricks to stop counterfeiters. Under certain letter you will find small owls formed by the white background mesh. It might look like just a part of the design but those owls are put there on purpose to deter counterfeiters. Another interesting thing to note about the $1 note is that last in circulation for about 21 months the shortest of any denomination.

The $5 is the lowest denomination currency to have the more modern anti-counterfeit techniques employed on it. Some of these features included on the $5 are watermarks, and security threads. When the new currency is viewed in infrared spectrum parts of the bill disappear another trick that few counterfeiters even know about.

The $10 bill accounts for about 10% of all the bills in circulation. The $10 is the only circulating currency from the USA where the portrait faces left. The $20 is the currency in widest circulation. The reason the $20 is so widely used is because almost all ATMs only carry $20 and it would cost much more to make ATM's that would be able to give different denominations. The life span of a $20 bill is 2 years and it accounts for 22% of all bills in circulation. Under the black light the security strip of a $20 glows green to ward of counterfeit attempts.

Another funny coincidence is the life span of a $50 is 55 months, and 5% of bills in circulation are $50. The 2004 $50 was the first bill since 1905 use multiple colors, which is also a counterfeit measure. The color of the 2004 series 50 changes from copper to green unlike earlier versions.

The $100 is the largest denomination in circulation that is still printed. A $100 last 60 months and accounts for only 7% of the bills in circulation. On the clock of Independence Hall the number IV is used while the real Independence Hall uses its own made up Roman numeral IIII. Late 2008 a new design will be realized of the $100 with a security called motion that has only been used on one other bill in the world and allows the image to shift as the bill is moved.

There have been many other denominations of bills then are now printed some have been smaller then a dollar and as big as