Yu Youzhen, a Chinese millionaire, works as a street sweeper for the sanitation department to set an example for her children.
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Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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In the case of an emergency, a Crayola crayon can be used as a candle and will burn for about 15 minutes.
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