J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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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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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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There are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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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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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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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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