Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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Canadian Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Frederick Banting, discoverer of insulin, sold the rights to the University of Toronto for $1 so that it was available to everyone.
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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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