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    For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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    The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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    A 1997 comedy movie by the name of “Trojan War” made only $309 in ticket sales. Its budget? 15 million.
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    An experimental program in Canada in the 1970s gave everyone a minimum income just for being a citizen.
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    Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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    George Lucas Charity
    George Lucas Charity
    In 2010, George Lucas said "I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race." Two years later, Lucas sold Lucasfilm Ltd. to Disney for 4.05 billion dollars and is donating the majority of the proceeds to a charity that focuses on education.
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    A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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