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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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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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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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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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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As of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime! That's more than half of his total net worth!
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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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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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