1. Apple's cash and investments are now equal to the GDP of Hungary, and more than that of Vietnam and Iraq.
2. Until the U.S. Federal Reserve was created in 1908 AD, individual banks could create their own money.
3. The total Assets Under Supervision for JP Morgan is $2.2 trillion - more than the GDP of India.
4. The world's first bank was Monte Dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472 and headquartered in Tuscany, Italy. It still operates today.
5. Zimbabwe has experienced the worst inflation in the world - 6.5 s e x tillion percent in November 2008. (6,500,000,000,000,000,000,000)
6. If you had invested $100 in Microsoft in 1986, instead of buying their operating system, it would be worth $46,400 today. (Who would have known
)Facts referenced from (firmex,2013)