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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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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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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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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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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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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