Pennies

This post is dedicated to pennies, which are the smallest denomination coin available in many countries, such as Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Though often underestimated (people throw it at each other for fun :-)), the penny is worth a lot (not really...).

Start off with some basic facts about pennies:
-The first currency of any type authorized by the United States.
-The word "penny" is derived from the British pence.
- The composition of the penny is 97.5% zinc and 2.5 % copper.
-Mass of a penny is 2.35 grams and diameter is 19.05 mm
-"A Penny saved is a penny earned" - Benjamin Franklin

-Reasons why the penny shouldn't be taken out, here.
-What a million, trillion, billion, and even quintillion pennies look like, take a look at this site.
-Doubling pennies, like the rice on the chessboard, very quickly results in large amounts of money, as seen here.
-An anti-penny page
-Wikipedia page on penny.


Above: some interesting penny art done at fincher.org.

Food

For dunch, today, I had macaroni and cheese (the boxed kind) and some kababs and cheese in a hotdog bun. For dinner, I had the last remaining biryani that my mom had made before leaving.