Wealth Editor

24/07/2020

The story had been circulating for decades.

Warren G. Harding’s private life has long been speculated upon – but now the truth is finally out. While rumors of presidential misbehavior are a lot easier to spread today than they were a century ago, that didn’t stop Warren G. Harding from being caught up in a scandal of his own. Yes, back ...

17/07/2020

Pierce Brosnan became a grandfather at the age of 45.

Some celebrities don’t look like they’re anywhere near old enough to be grandparents, but they are. And these 20 stars all hit that milestone at a pretty young age. What’s the “correct” age to become a grandparent? Sixty? Seventy? Obviously, it largely depends on who you ask. And being a g...

08/07/2020

The athlete has been estimated to have been worth $14 billion to Under Armour.

29/06/2020

The man realized the miners were covered in gold dust.

The Chinese faced vicious racism and abuse in gold-rush California, but legend tells how at least one fortune-hunter prospered. It’s the height of the 19th-century California Gold Rush. A Chinese man called John John is bent over a wooden tub filled with miners’ filthy clothes. He’s working ha...

02/06/2020

Planning ahead can make a big difference.

Everybody knows how outrageously expensive that trip to Uncle Walt’s theme parks could be... but it Disney have to be that way if you’re smart! It can seem like visiting Disney theme parks these days will put you in the same wallet-emptying league as buying your own plane or yacht. With the cost...

26/05/2020

The Meteor-M was intended to have a five-year mission.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos lost a rocket with a payload of 18 satellites. At first the agency thought it was a problem with the rocket, but it turns out something much simpler was to blame. Space missions take years of meticulous planning. It’s a delicate mathematical balancing act to blas...

19/05/2020

Investigators had to trace the story of Jerry and Rita Alter.

When Willem de Kooning’s painting Woman-Ochre was stolen from an Arizona museum, the curators thought it had gone forever. But then they received a telephone call from a New Mexico antique store. It’s August 2017, and an antiques dealer has just discovered a notorious stolen painting in a deceas...

15/05/2020

The richest men in history, from John D. Rockefeller to Henry Ford.

We’re not talking about millions here – these 20 men were at one point actually worth billions or even trillions of dollars. For most of us, the end of the month marks the moment that we get our paychecks from work. Once our accounts replenish, we might feel pretty rich – even if it’s just.....

13/05/2020

Dr. David Harnish wanted to ensure the facilities had a fresh coat of paint.

Principal and superintendent Dr. David Harnish had a long summer off ahead of him. But when the school he worked at had closed, he spent 90 hours working each week to achieve something amazing. As a school district superintendent and a junior and high school principal, Dr. David Harnish had a lot on...

11/05/2020

Johnny Georges hoped to become an entrepreneur.

During a 2013 episode of Shark Tank, farmer Johnny Georges stood up against some difficult questions about his proposal. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, you may need any help you can get to make it big. And so after Johnny Georges came up with his own great idea, he landed a spot on the realit...

07/05/2020

The act meant a great deal to Therra Jaramillo.

While Ludacris was shopping at Whole Foods, he offered to pay for Therra Jaramillo’s $375 grocery bill. But he didn’t know how far his act of generosity would go. When Ludacris was buying groceries, an error resulted in his items getting mixed up with those of the woman behind him. So the rapper...

05/05/2020

The figurines first became available in 1978.

If you have Precious Moments figurines hidden away in your home, then it may just be worth your while to dig them out again... If you have one of these figurines in a box in the attic, you may want to get it out and dust it off. You see, it turns out that some…

04/05/2020

The offer came with some strict conditions.

The only thing better than leaving the daily rat race for a tranquil life in the Swiss Alps would be being paid to do it. But there’s always a catch… Imagine being able to swap city smog for fresh mountain air, busy highways for flower-filled meadows and noisy traffic for birdsong. A small villa...

29/04/2020

The compound had changed hands on only a small number of occasions over the years.

When a lavish retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, went on sale, it evoked memories of John F. Kennedy. And a look inside reveals a home fit for a president. In mid 2014, a compound went on sale in Palm Beach, Florida, that hadn’t been on the market in nearly a decade. At first glance, it…

27/04/2020

These people seemingly made a stand against commercial development.

Home is where the heart is for these stubborn homeowners, who all chose to stick with their dwellings. And in some cases, even brute force and dirty tricks wouldn’t make them leave. These extreme examples of urban development will make you thank your lucky stars that you live in a property not bor...

23/04/2020

Jessie Lipskin found the Greyhound bus back in 2015.

Jessie Lipskin wanted to downsize her NYC lifestyle, so she decided to transform an old Greyhound into a home fit for a queen. The Greyhound bus had once shuttled San Francisco Bay Area commuters in the 1960s and ’70s, so by the time Jessie Lipskin found the vehicle in 2015, it had seen better day...

21/04/2020

The clerk advised the man to check that everything was as he had been told.

Just before Christmas, Cecil Rodgers headed into an Ohio Walmart with one thing on his mind. But the woman who served him had no intention of doing what he wanted. It was just before Christmas when an elderly man rushed into an Ohio store with a family emergency on his mind. His beloved grandson had...

17/04/2020

Jim Glasgow was perusing the Canton, Ohio, Goodwill store in December of 2017.

Jim Glasgow saw 19-year-old Fredrick White buying six winter coats at Goodwill. He asked why the teen was buying the pile of jackets – and White’s response was so moving. Jim Glasgow noticed something on a trip to Goodwill in late December of 2017 – a young man named Fredrick White purchasing ...

14/04/2020

The prospector decided to call the gold nugget "Friday’s Joy."

A man in Australia spent a small fortune on a cutting-edge metal detector. But the cost of the contraption was peanuts in comparison with the prize it uncovered. Somewhere in the Australian outback, a prospector is searching for mineral wealth, when his state-of-the-art metal detector indicates the....

09/04/2020

The reported average salary of an NHL star is over half a million dollars more than that of their NFL counterparts.

These are the 20 wealthiest NHL stars who have brought in millions of bucks thanks to their skills with a puck. Ice hockey may lag behind American football in terms of popularity, but it sure does pay well. In fact, the reported average salary of a NHL star is over half a million dollars more…

07/04/2020

Cathy McAllister is a former teacher who harbors a passion for books.

In February 2019 Cathy McAllister found $4,000 in cash inside a book. And upon her discovery, she made an unexpected decision. For some people, surprises can be found in the most unexpected of places. And Cathy McAllister certainly may not have anticipated finding a stash of money inside an old disc...

03/04/2020

The man found thousands of gold, silver and bronze coins from the late-Roman era.

When Eric Lawes went looking for a lost hammer, he turned up a wealth of riches that changed his life forever. It’s November 1992, and Eric Lawes is trudging around British farmland in search of a missing hammer. Then, all of a sudden, his metal detector starts going haywire. As Lawes begins diggi...

01/04/2020

Shelia Spencer realized she had left behind her iPhone and wallet.

After a trip to the store, Shelia Spencer realized that she had left behind her iPhone and wallet. But what happened next moved her so much that she shared it on Facebook – and her story went viral. Shelia Spencer had an unlucky day in October 2018. After visiting a grocery store in Birmingham, Al...

30/03/2020

The meal hit the spot for the culinary adventurer.

Ever wondered what it would be like to eat at America’s second most expensive restaurant? Well, thanks to one adventurous foodie armed with a smartphone camera, you can find out. When it comes to eating out, fine dining can be an expensive experience. But if you’re willing to splash the cash, th...

26/03/2020

The AquaDam is a large, expandable tube, which can act as a barrier against floodwaters.

As Hurricane Harvey began to dump a whopping 30 inches of rain on Houston, Jennifer and Randy Socha found a way to save their home from the disastrous deluge. Families in Texas had every reason to be anxious about their homes when the media broadcast warnings about Hurricane Harvey. In August 2017 t...