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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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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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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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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