[Finance fact 1] In 1951, Thelma Howard was hired as a maid for Walt and Lillian Disney. Walt would gift her shares of Disney stock every X-mas for the next 30 years. When she died in 1994 it was discovered that she still had all of the 192,000 shares which were valued at that time at $9,000,000. It went to disadvantaged kids and her disabled son.
[Finance fact 2] A project's "Bus Factor" denotes the number of people in a company who need to be 'run over by a bus' to send the company into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed.
[Finance fact 3] A man named Joe Lentini in New Jersey was charged $3750 for a bottle of wine, ordering it after a waitress told him that it was "thirty-seven fifty".
[Finance fact 4] Early hunter-gatherers had more leisure time than those who live and work in a modern capitalist or agrarian society.
[Finance fact 5] U.S. currency is actually fabric, not paper. It is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton and has tiny red and blue synthetic fibers of different lengths evenly distributed throughout. If it were paper, it would easily fall apart.
[Finance fact 6] The German "Deutsche Bank" has been engaged in several scandals. During the Nazi Regime, the bank helped finance Hitler and purchased gold stolen from Jews. It has paid over nine billion dollars in punitive fines for such offenses as attempting to manipulate the the price of gold and silver, defrauding mortgage companies, and making trades contrary to US sanctions.
[Finance fact 7] In the 1300s, the city-state of Venice was a major center for the clearing or exchanging of obligations held by one owner and exchanging them with another owner. Venetians began to do what today’s modern brokers do: bring sellers and buyers together.
[Finance fact 8] While working past retirement age often has positive effects, such as a sense of purpose and inclusion in social networks, older workers are often discriminated against.
[Finance fact 9] Twenty-four percent of commuters say that when they are stuck in traffic, they think "deep" thoughts.
[Finance fact 10] Retailers rely on several psychological triggers to attract consumers into their store, such as placing limits on items, offering “gifts” with purchase, employing visual tricks, and declaring that sales are ending soon (when in fact discounts are common throughout the season).
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