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    Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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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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    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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    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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    George Lucas Charity
    George Lucas Charity
    In 2010, George Lucas said "I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race." Two years later, Lucas sold Lucasfilm Ltd. to Disney for 4.05 billion dollars and is donating the majority of the proceeds to a charity that focuses on education.
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    Cash machines are as dirty as public toilets.
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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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    On average, every dollar bill you touch has over 3,000 different types of bacteria.
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