When the 2013 government shutdown threatened the closing down of a national program giving medical attention and meals to children, John D. Arnold donated $10 million of his own money to keep it afloat.
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In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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Raj from the Big Bang Theory is married to Miss India.
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The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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