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    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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    A couple from Bristol who had trouble selling their house, found out they had an original Banksy on their wall, and received twice the asking price by selling the painting with a house attached.
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    Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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    Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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    Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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    In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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    A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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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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