Why do we have $2 bills if nobody uses them?
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🗓️ 4 November 2025
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It’s Skimbleshanks’ birthday bash and Bridget and Ryan head to the two-dollar general store for party supplies. When they get back, they tackle Harper’s question about why $2 bills exist if nobody uses them. With a little help from two ghostly guests from history they discover why this rare bill still matters.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, bazillionaires. Are you ready for a new episode of Million Bazillion? |
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| 0:33.5 | Hey, Ryan, did you move all my crafting supplies? |
| 0:41.3 | Oh, um, I might have used up some of them. What? My glue is empty, my construction paper only has yellow left. |
| 0:44.3 | You mangled my scissors. What did you make? |
| 0:47.3 | It's not my fault. I saw a TikTok about how to make your own pinata, |
| 0:52.3 | so I cut up a bunch of old delivery boxes and I made |
| 0:54.7 | this beauty. What is that? It's a Jerome Powelliniata. Can't you tell? I thought it would be a nice |
| 1:03.5 | addition to the decor for my Kat Skimble Shanks's Federal Reserve themed birthday party. I am stunned, |
| 1:14.1 | speechless. Boy, I think he's going to love it. |
| 1:19.0 | It's truly magnificent. A testament to your creative spirit and your love for skimble shanks. |
| 1:24.7 | So you're going to come with me to the $2 general to buy replacements for all my crafting supplies? |
| 1:48.2 | You mean the dollar general? The store where everything costs $1? No, they renamed it. Now it's the $2 general. Between the tariffs and inflation, everything is more expensive now. I got to say, $2 general really doesn't roll off the tongue or the wallet. Oh, here comes Skimble Shanks. Now, look what I made you, my darling. I think he loved it. |
| 1:55.9 | Welcome back to Million Bazillion. |
| 1:58.1 | Where we hope dollars make more sense. |
| 2:00.4 | I'm Ryan. And I'm Bridget. And we just got back from the $2 general store. And let me tell you, $2, it doesn't buy as much as it used to. What's the world coming to? Back in my day, you could get a bag of chips and an apple for a nickel and still have change left over. Okay, you're not that old. Well, we unpack my crafting |
| 2:19.1 | supplies, and before we get back to setting up the birthday party for Skimble Shanks, that's Ryan's cat, |
| 2:23.9 | why don't we listen to today's question? My name is Hufford. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana, |
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