A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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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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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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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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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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