A Complete List of the Richest People Throughout History

Alan Rufus

Though he lived back in 1093, the 1st Lord of Richmond would be worth about $195 billion dollars today. He made his money from a gift of William the Conquerer.

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The More You Know

  • The first pieces of gold at Fort Knox arrived by mail.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • When two white-faced capuchin monkeys meet, they say hello by sticking their fingers into each other's noses.
  • Muhammad is the most popular name in the world.
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