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Think Tiger Woods is the richest sportsperson in history? Then you are wrong. Introducing Gaius Appuleius Diocles a 2nd century champion Roman charioteer... who in his 24 year long racing career amassed winnings of 35,863, 120 sesterces which is equal to $15 billion in todays world. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2017 TSA collected $869,839.56 in GRAGKED.COM loose change. The change was left at airports and they have been collecting about half a million per year for several years. — Source

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CRACKED COM The cost to end world hunger is $30 billion per year -the same amount as drunk Americans spend online annually — Source

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MUKESH AMBANI BUILT A HOME FOR AROUND $1 BILLION. The richest man in India built his 400,000-square foot private residence in Mumbai. It has 27-stories, a garage with space for 168 cars, three helipads on the roof, gardens spreading over three floors, and many other ridiculous things. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Billionaire Purchases

CRACKED.COM In 2015, billionaire Liu Yiqian purchased an antique ceramic cup (which he casually uses to drink tea from in this picture) for $36 million using his Centurion credit card. The purchase earned him 421 million American Express points, which could be converted into 28 million frequent flier points - enough to fly him and his wife around the world more than a thousand times. — Source

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Russian billionaire Yuri Milner owns a 380-foot yacht that has another, 69-foot yacht stowed inside it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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What was the first item sold on eBay? Listed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, a broken laser pointer was the first item sold-for $14.83. GRACKED COM — Source

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BANQUE DU ZAIRE VINGY MICLE ZAIRES 0 0 0 0 17-1991 Nyultill When dictator Joseph Mobutu was overthrown, Zaire's government cut his face off the currency until they could design and print new notes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Very soon, quantum computing might be able to totally break Bitcoin's security. Bitcoin only works because, to crack its security, you'd need insane computing power - and quantum computers could easily provide that by 2027 or so. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Princess Diana's revenge dress was sold for $65,000 Diana put the stunning dress she wore after Prince Charles admitted adultery up for auction, with the money going up towards cancer and AIDS-related charities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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By selling rocks to the American public. 002745 E PET ROCK PET ROCK! 1 PET PET ROCI 1 ROCKS TALLY BOARD PET ROCK CKS PET AMOUNT ROCK PET NO. 1,000,000 ROCI PURCHASED O, 10/01 DEC 24, 197 2 $ e ROCK! CRACKED.COM DET For Gary Dahl, the perfect pet would have to never need feeding, watering, or to be walked. Gary took this concept and turned it into the famous Pet Rock in 1975, selling a million of the inanimate critters his first year. His profit margin was only $1 per unit, but that's all it took to turn Dahl — Source

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Joey and Chandler's wood canoe sold for $10,500 Proceeds of the 2019 Friends auction went to the Trevor Project. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Coinage Act of 1792 that established the US Mint made coin defacement, counterfeiting, and embezzlement by Mint employees punishable by death. Sourced Medalla ... - MEDAILLEN CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Lottery

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Hyperinflation

In 1923, hyperinflation caused German currency to lose, almost all of its value. It became so worthless that people gave it to children to play with or used it as wallpaper. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Will Smith starred in The FROSH PriNCP of Bel-Air because he owed the IRS $2.8 million. Smith became a Hip Hop star at a young age, which led to some reckless spending habits. Luckily, Quincy Jones threw him a life-preserver in the form of a TV show. For the first three seasons, Smith gave the IRS 70% of his paycheck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Beatles wrote some of their songs purely because they wanted to buy cool new stuff. CRACKED.COM Paul McCartney and John Lennon would start a songwriting session with something like, Now let's write a swimming pool. — Source

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Charles Dickens

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol just to quickly make some cash. £ £ £ In the fall of 1843, Dickens was in debt, his wife had just given birth to their fifth child, and the family had moved into an expensive new house. To get a quick injection of cash, Dickens decided to whip up a Christmas book in six weeks. The result was probably the most famous Christmas story ever written. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Maisie Williams

Maisie Williams is beloved for her role as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones. CRACKED.COM She recently admitted that she only accepted the role so she'd have the money to buy a laptop! — Source

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joined Airplane! so he could buy a new carpet. The NBA star asked for $35,000 to play со- pilot Roger Murdock, since the original offer of $30,000 wouldn't cover the cost of the oriental rug he wanted. Weeks later, one of the directors, Jerry Zucker, saw Abdul- Jabbar in a magazine, posing in front of his new purchase. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM With arcades dying out, people don't just collect the games, people are looking PERTY MACH for tokens, too. 39 TOKEN Ts OF Smaller regional ones do NO CASH VALUE well, as do foreign ones; foreign languages and specific cities help. DURACELL ON TALER But even the big oneso 813 like Chuck E Cheese have collectors; with their tokens given years and updated designs, the ORVILL rarer ones are sought pieces of exonumia. WWERE A KID 1992 OAN BE A HAVE AND PUN OLNED 990 — Source

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CRACKED LITERALLY BURNING $2 MILLION At the peak of his success, Pablo Escobar, the leader of the Medellín drug cartel, is said to have burned through two million dollars to make sure his daughter stayed warm while his family was on the run in the early nineties. — Source

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CRACKED $182 BILLION IN A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR In January 2023, Elon Musk had lost a huge amount of money - around $182 billion - since November 2021, which was the biggest loss of personal fortune ever recorded. — Source

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Brazilian Oil Tycoon Elke Batista

CRACKED TUTE MILK $33 BILLION IN 18 MONTHS Eike Batista, a Brazilian oil tycoon, went from an estimated wealth of $34 billion to less than $1 billion in just 18 months. Until Elon came along, that made him a contender for the person who has lost the most money in the history of the world. — Source

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Gambling

CRACKED OVER $100 MILLION GAMBLED AWAY One businessman lost more than $100 million in 2007 at a chain of casinos in Las Vegas. It's said that he was given alcohol and drugs to keep him gambling. — Source

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CRACKED IDE Tyres GOING FROM £10 MILLION TO DELIVERING COAL A 19-year-old garbage collector from the UK won about £10 million on the lottery in 2002. But he spent it all on a wild lifestyle and, 10 years later, was completely broke. Не then started working seven days a week delivering coal and firewood. — Source

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CRACKED $14.6 BILLION IN A DAY In November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried, the head of FTX, lost a lot of money - about $14.6 billion - in a single day, after he made a deal with Binance to get some help. — Source

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Theranos

CRACKED $4.5 BILLION LITERALLY OVERNIGHT Elizabeth Holmes had a lot of money, estimated to be around $4.5 billion, but it all disappeared in a single night. Her company, Theranos, had promised a revolutionary blood-testing technology, but it didn't work out as planned (to put it mildly). — Source

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