The next time you find yourself at the foot of a fountain, penny in hand, ready to make a wish, we urge you to think about where that money is headed. As it turns out, it depends where you’re doing the wishing. Per The Atlantic, if you throw it in a public park, the money goes toward repairing the fountain. Whereas the BBC reports that the city of Rome cleans out the Trevi fountain nightly to the tune of $4,000. For more on the multi-layered story of where your “wishes” wind up, click here.
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