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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If you had 10 billion $1 notes and spent one every second of every day, it would require 317 years for you to go broke.
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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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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Cash machines are as dirty as public toilets.
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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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As of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime! That's more than half of his total net worth!
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