A 1997 comedy movie by the name of “Trojan War” made only $309 in ticket sales. Its budget? 15 million.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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In 2013, Candy Crush made $850,000 per day!
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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