Spanish-American silver dollar U.S. quarter 25 cents

A Spanish coin helped set the quarter at 25 cents

The U.S. dollar began at the same value as the Spanish-American silver dollar, a trade coin already used widely across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Colonists knew its two-real coin, worth a quarter of a peso. That familiarity helped make the U.S. quarter worth 25 cents rather than 20.

Fires weakened the Twin Towers after fireproofing was stripped away

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded that plane impacts removed much of the steel’s fireproofing, and fires then weakened the towers’ structures. The agency said the towers likely would have remained standing if the fireproofing had not been removed.

Georgia replaced its entire traffic police force

~30,000 officers

In 2005, Georgia dismissed about 30,000 officers because of corruption and built a replacement force with new recruits, rather than trying to reform the existing one.

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Spanish-American silver dollar U.S. quarter 25 cents

A Spanish coin helped set the quarter at 25 cents

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