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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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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‘Qatar’ is the world's most expensive bar of soap. Infused with gold and diamond powder, it costs a squeaky clean $2,800.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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