Did you cash savings bonds you got as a kid? Ever buy a child a U.S. savings bond? It could be time to nudge 30-somethings or 40-somethings to see if they cashed their bonds. Currently, there are about 47 million unredeemed matured savings bonds worth $16.1 billion.
There are 12 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in each case.
Since the Girl Scouts of the USA began allowing their young female members to sell the iconic cookies digitally for the first time last December, 2.5 million boxes, or about $10 million worth, of the treats sold online in 2015.