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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Every year, Louis Vuitton burn all their unsold bags. They burn them in order to prevent them from being priced lower.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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Indian housewives hold 11% of the World’s gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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