At midnight, Turkey introduced a new currency. It is less funny and more useful than the old currency. From the Guardian:
"Under the old system monthly salaries were counted in billions while even the shortest taxi ride could set clients back five to 10 million.
"With budgets quoted in quadrillions, bureaucrats faced the mind-boggling task of trading in figures that frequently challenged electronic calculators. The Turkish gross national product is estimated at around 424 quadrillion lira, or 424,000,000,000,000,000."
Those days are over now. Hopefully. Good luck, Turkey!
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