There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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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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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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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 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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Singapore has the world’s highest percentage of millionaires, with one out of every six households having at least $1,000,000 US dollars in disposable wealth.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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