A Complete List of the Richest People Throughout History

Bernard Arnault

Bernard, a French art collector and business magnate, is currently worth around $76 billion dollars. He is the richest person in the fashion industry and donated $200 million to the repair of the Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire.

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The More You Know

  • J.K. Rowling became the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. However, she also lost her billionaire status because she donated so much money to charity!
  • The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.
  • 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.
  • There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
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