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Wealthiest people From US History According to Forbes
(adjusted for inflation / in $billions )
$318.3 John D. Rockefeller Oil
$298.3 Andrew Carnegie Steel Company
$231.6 William Henry Vanderbilt Railroad
$188.8 Andrew W. Mellon Oil
$188.1 Henry Ford Motor Company
$167.4 Cornelius Vanderbilt Railroad, Shipping
$141.4 John Rockefeller, Jr. Oil
$128.0 Sam Walton Department Stores
$115.0 John Jacob Astor Fur Company
$99.5 Stephen Girard Banking
$79.4 Bill Gates software
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of England
Her favorite cat, a large Angora named White Heather, outlived her and was inherited by her son and successor King Edward VII.
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There is a variation of the game 21 where the player with the black jack in his hand wins over the player that has the same value of cards but does not possess a black jack.
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Martha Stewart (1941- ) American business magnate, television host, author and magazine publisher
Martha shares her home with calico Persians Empress Tang and Princess Peony, blue-point Himalayans Frost and Snow, Bartok, Verdi, Vivaldi, and Mozart.
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The fishing industry was collapsing and the Cod Wars were starting. I'm guessing people turned to lobster which was abundant.
In many countries, lobster was considered a dirty bottom-feeder and mostly fed to prisoners and slaves.
Nestle products
Food 83% ( Chocolate 12% ) pet Products 11% Pharmaceutical 6%
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The species of lobsters are not the same as the Atlantic lobster caught off the N/E coast of North America. The lobsters that are caught off the coast of Iceland are from the Langoustines species ( rock lobsters ) and are more like large shrimp. Pre 1960s they were only caught accidentally when trawling for fish. The waters off Iceland are 200M - 1000M deep and traps can not be used to catch the lobsters. Starting in the 60s Icelandic fishermen could trawl for shrimp and lobsters with smaller nets. Pre 1960s the odd one or two rock lobsters were thrown back because it would take 4 or 5 to make a meal for one person.
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In Victorian times, a willyer,, operated a willeying machine, which separated the matted fibres of raw wool, cotton, or flax and cleaned out dirt and foreign matter.
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George Burns called his cat "Willie," reportedly because "when you tell the cat what to do, there's always a question of will he or won't he."
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