Englands new £5 notes contain animal fat, angering vegans

[ficuswhisperer]

I find this fascinating ever since hearing about it. This story was pretty well buried by the election here (and lol, India am I right?)

I posted a topic on this earlier:

Indian currency crisis (demonetization)

With the many postings that have happened in the past regarding bitcoin and cryptocurrency I’m actually a little surprised to see no mention of the current currency experiment/crisis going on in India. To summarize, without any warning the PM has decided that all large currency (500 and 1000 Rs bills) were immediately null and void. These are bills that account for some 90% of all cash in circulation. India is also largely an all-cash economy and most businesses are not equipped to handle cashl…