A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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The most expensive cow in the world was sold in 2009 for $1.2 million.
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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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In 2007, a customer kindly gave a $10,000 tip to a Pizza Hut waitress after hearing she had financial troubles which had forced her to drop out of college.
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A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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The most expensive dog in the world is the Tibetan Mastiff; worth $1.5 million.
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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 most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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