U.S. Veteran Kept His Identity a Secret for 45 Years, Now He’s Shocking the World With His Story

The More You Know

• 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.
• Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for less than $1 million in 1999, but Excite turned them down.
• Benjamin Franklin was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
• The idea that a man should spend two months salary on an engagement ring was popularized by De Beers' ad agency.