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2. Cost of the Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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   Sports-related costs since 1960 have been on average $5.2 billion (USD) for the Summer Games and $393.1 million dollars (USD) for the Winter Games. The highest recorded total cost was that of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, costing approximately US$55 billion. The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games experienced the biggest loss recorded at ...

3. United States one-hundred-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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   The United States one-hundred-dollar bill ( US$100) is a denomination of United States currency. The first United States Note with this value was issued in 1862 and the Federal Reserve Note version was first produced in 1914. [ 2] Inventor and U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1914, [ 3 ...

4. The 1% Club (American game show) - Wikipedia

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   The 1% Club is an American game show, with its setup identically based on the British game show of the same name.Contestants are given a very short amount time to solve brain teaser questions, with questions getting significantly more difficult as the game continues, as statistically a progressively smaller percentage of people, according to the producers, answered each subsequent question ...

5. Best CD rates for July 19, 2024 - AOL

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   At the conclusion of its fourth rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on June 12, 2024, the Federal Reserve kept the federal funds target interest rate steady at a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.50% ...

6. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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   In 1854, Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie proposed creating $100, $50, and $25 gold coins, to be referred to as a union, half union, and quarter union, respectively, [21] thus implying a denomination of 1 Union = $100. However, no such coins were ever struck, and only patterns for the $50 half union exist.

7. 2001 in video games - Wikipedia

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   2001 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Madden NFL 2002, NBA Live 2002, NBA 2K2, WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Dead or Alive 3, Final Fantasy X, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Myst III: Exile, Crazy Taxi 2, SSX Tricky, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Sonic Adventure 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, and Virtua Fighter 4.

8. PayPal - Wikipedia

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   It was announced on September 30, 2014, that eBay would spin off PayPal into a separate publicly traded company, a move demanded in 2013 by activist hedge fund magnate Carl Icahn. The spin-off was completed on July 18, 2015. [44] [45] [46] Dan Schulman is the current president and CEO, with former eBay CEO John Donahoe serving as chairman. [43]

9. Quarter (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a denomination of currency in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its obverse is the profile of George Washington, while its reverse design has undergone frequent changes since 1998. Since its initial production in 1796, the quarter dollar has ...