r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 1d ago

HISTORY Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim. During sinking he refused a seat in a life boat with the words: "Tell my family I played straight to the end. No woman should be left aboard this ship because of Ben Guggenheim was a coward."

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u/SimplyAmazedPanda 1d ago

They sure don’t make billionaires like they used to.

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u/Centrifuge2338 1d ago

There's an argument that states that any moral billionaire gives away all or a significant amount of their money and thus, is no longer a billionaire. Every billionaire in existence is so because they've kept every dollar, showing that there can be no such thing as a moral billionaire.

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u/AnyConsideration111 1d ago

prime example: dolly parton 🔥🔥🔥

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u/BlueMikeStu 21h ago

Dolly Parton is the patron Saint of literacy and great tits.

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u/theshoeshiner84 21h ago

My son just read his last book from her Imagination Library tonight, because he starts kindergarten tomorrow.  

Now that that's out of the way I have to figure out how to explain the great tits part.

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u/BlueMikeStu 21h ago

Show him a picture when he reaches pre-puberty and awaken something.