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 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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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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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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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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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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