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 Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
  • When Boris Yeltsin met President Clinton in 1995, his first question was "Do you think O.J. did it?"
  • Hippos produce their own sunblock.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.