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Benjamin Franklin died on April 16th 1790. He left 1000 pounds sterling ($4500) each to the cities of Philidelphia and Boston in his will. There was a stipulation that 75% of the money could be used 100 years after his death and the remaining 25% 200 years after his death.
After the first 100 years, thanks to compounding interest, the trusts in Boston and Philadelphia were worth almost $400,000 and $100,000, respectively, prior to any disbursements. (The amounts differed due to each city’s financial strategies and investment paths.) By 1990, the remaining amounts had grown to $4.5 million for Boston and $2 million for Philadelphia, as a result of compounding.


https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/fr...ting-in-the-future-200-years-in-the-past.html
 
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Didn't know that about James Cameron.

Just googled it and he went on his own. Took 2.5 hours to reach where he wanted to go. His submersible suffered a leak after 3 hours. He had to jettison the weights that helped him stay down. Got back to the surface in 70 min.
 
Never knew the movie saw was based off a real person. A twisted, evil Dr named HH Holmes. I ran across a show about him today and his own diary he acknowledged that he was born with the devil in him.
 
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There are Alaskan Natives today who practice Russian Orthodox Christianity since the Russian occupation of Alaska.

Russia also built Fort Ross in Northern California in 1812. With increasing pressure from the Spanish and then Mexico, they finally left the outpost in 1841.
 
Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan were scheduled to play a game of one-on-one in the summer of 1990, for a prize of $1 million. Amongst other reasons, commissioner David Stern nixed the matchup because he did not want the league associated with gambling.
 
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