Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made so much money, he spent over $2,500 every month just on rubber bands to bundle up his stacks of cash.
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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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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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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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Snoop Dogg makes $30,000 per week selling digital stickers of his face, joints, and more.
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