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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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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Jerry Seinfeld turned down US$5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the Seinfeld show for a tenth season.
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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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Rick Harrison of the hit reality show Pawn Stars, dropped out of high school in 10th grade because he was making $2000 a week selling fake Gucci bags.
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