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    Keanu Reeves gave $75 million of his matrix sequels paycheck to the film’s SFX team and bought the entire stunt crew Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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    The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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    A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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    If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    Lucky First Metal Detect
    Lucky First Metal Detect
    In 2012, a British man named Wesley Carrington used a metal detector for the first time and found £100,000 worth of Roman gold within 20 minutes.
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    In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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    2.8 Million One Pennies
    2.8 Million One Pennies
    In 1987, an 18-year-old freshman named Mike Hayes funded his education by asking 2.8 million people for one penny.
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