A Complete List of the Richest People Throughout History

Mark Zuckerberg

Whether you know him from founding Facebook or from the movie about him, Mark Zuckerberg is a household name. The young tycoon has about $73.6 billion in the bank.

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  • The first time Reddit was mentioned in the New York Times, it was described as "foolish collectivism" that "grinds away the Web's edges and saps it of its humanity".
  • St. Lucia is the only country that is named after a woman.
  • It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
  • The loudest animal on earth is the sperm whale.
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