Self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graduation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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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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Rick Harrison of the hit reality show Pawn Stars, dropped out of high school in 10th grade because he was making $2000 a week selling fake Gucci bags.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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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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