A Complete List of the Richest People Throughout History

Steve Ballmer

When Bill Gates stepped down as CEO of Microsoft, Ballmer stepped in. He’s now worth $45.3 billion and bought the LA Clippers for $2 billion in 2014. He was a college dropout when Gates hired him 18 years prior.

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The More You Know

  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
  • In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.
  • The youngest parents in the world were aged 8 and 9.
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