Football Star Named the Heir of Childless Billionaire He Never Even Met
Brazilian football legend Neymar Jr. stands to inherit over $1.1 million after being named the only heir of a single, childless billionaire he has never even met. You know the story – an anonymous billionaire leaves his fortune to a poor soul and changes their life forever. Most of us have dreamed of something similar […]
Polish Mint Creates World’s First Levitating Coin
UFO MP-1766 is the world’s first levitating legal tender. It was commissioned by the Cameroon National Bank and created by Mennica Polska, the Polish Mint. The name of this innovative coin was inspired by its likeness to a flying saucer and its ability to slowly rotate in the air like an alien spacecraft. The number […]
World’s Most Frugal Millionaire Rummages Through Trash Cans for Food
An 80-year-old German man has been dubbed the world’s most frugal millionaire for living off food and stuff found in dumpsters despite owning several properties worth millions of euros. Heinz B. looks like a homeless person with nothing to his name, but appearances can be deceiving. The German man may only have €15 euros ($16) […]
$1.35 Billion Lottery Winner Sues Mother of His Child for Telling HIS Parents About the Win
The winner of the second-biggest prize in the history of the Mega Millions lottery has taken the mother of his daughter to court for telling his parents about the win despite signing an NDA. The unidentified man, who chose to remain anonymous, for obvious reasons, claims that his daughter’s mother was one of the few […]
‘World’s Richest Beggar’ Is Worth Over $1 Million
An Indian man who spends his days asking people for pocket change on the streets of Mumbai has been dubbed the ‘world’s richest beggar’ by Indian media who claims he is worth over $1 million. While many people in India toil long hours every single day for a few hundred rupees, Bharat Jain, the so-called […]
Young Heiress Inherits Tens of Millions of Dollars, Wants to Donate 90 Percent of It
Marlene Engelhorn is not your average millionaire. At age 29, she has more money than she knows what to do with, so she has decided to give away 90 to 95 percent of her inheritance of tens of millions of dollars. Marlene Engelhorn is the granddaughter of 94-year-old Traudl Engelhorn-Vechiatto, a member of the famed […]
Employee Accidentally Paid 286 Times His Salary Resigns And Vanishes Without a Trace
A Chilean man who was accidentally paid 286 times his salary last month resigned from the company and vanished after promising to return the money paid in excess. Someone in the human resources department of Chile’s largest producer of cold cuts, Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos (Cial), must be sweating profusely right now. By accident, they […]
Thrifty Woman Spends Just $7 per Month on Food, Saves Up $80,000 in 4 Years
A 24-year-old woman became the talk of South Korean social media this month after it was revealed that she managed to save up 100 million won ($79,400) in 4 years by being extremely thrifty. Ji-hyeon Kwak started working when she was 19-year-old and quickly realized that she needed to save money if she was ever […]
This Florida Pub Is Decorated With Nearly Two Million Dollars in Cash
McGuire’s Irish Pub is a popular restaurant and local landmark in Pensacola, Florida, famous for having an estimated two million dollars in cash hanging from the ceiling. The history of McGuire’s Irish Pub’s unique decoration can be traced back to 1977, when Martin McGuire and his wife, Molly opened the opened the business. He tended […]
Programmer Loses Password to Wallet Containing $220 Million in Bitcoin
A computer programmer who years ago wrote down the password to a cryptocurrency wallet on a piece of paper, has since lost the said paper, and with it access to around $220 million in Bitcoin. Can you imagine having over $200 million and no way to ever access it? That’s exactly the story of San […]
Man Whose Smartphone Got Stolen Forced to Pay Bank Loan He Did Not Take
A Russian man is taking a bank to court for forcing him to pay interest on a loan he never asked for, after fraudsters used his stolen smartphone to take out the pre-approved loan in his name. Vladimir Volokhovich, from Moscow, has been making news headlines in his home country of Russia after finding himself […]
Chinese Parents Take Wealthy Son to Court For Not Taking Care of Them
An elderly couple from China’s Henan province took legal action against their own son for neglecting his duty of financially supporting them. Filial piety isn’t that important of a notion in the Western world, but in China it’s a big deal. Failing to take care of your elderly parents is actually considered a legal offense […]
$517,000 Rock, Paper, Scissors Debt Ruled Invalid by Canadian Court
Two Canadian men wagered a whopping $517,000 on three simple games of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Now a court ruled that the loser doesn’t have to pay up. It’s unclear how Edmund Mark Hooper and Michel Primeau ended up playing a simple hand game for over half a million dollars in January 2011, but what we […]
Japanese Model Divorces Husband One Week into Marriage, After Being Told to Spend Less
Japanese model Kato Sari recently finalized her divorce from her husband, after getting separated from him just a week into their marriage, due to her uncontrolled money spending habits. 29-year-old Kato Sari has always been known for her luxurious lifestyle and love of expensive fashion brands, but her husband never imagined that her spending habits […]
Japanese Billionaire to Donate $9 Million to Random Twitter Followers to See If Money Makes Them Happier
A Japanese billionaire has announced plans to donate a billion yen (about $9 million) to 1,000 of his Twitter followers in an intriguing social experiment designed to show how money affects people’s lives. On January 1st, Yusaku Maezawa, founder of Japan’s largest fashion retail website, tweeted that he would be giving away 1 billion Japanese […]