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    The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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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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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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    A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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    The costliest cat ever is named Little Nicky, who cost his owner $50,000. He is a clone of an older cat.
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    The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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