In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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A couple from Bristol who had trouble selling their house, found out they had an original Banksy on their wall, and received twice the asking price by selling the painting with a house attached.
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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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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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