Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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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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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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Water, electricity, and gas has been free in Turkmenistan since 1991.
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Snoop Dogg makes $30,000 per week selling digital stickers of his face, joints, and more.
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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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