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7 Things You Can Buy for a Billion Dollars
The massive container ship Ever Given has been stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt for almost a week, and it's not only enthralled a worldwide audience, but cost an estimated $10 billion a day. That's $440 million an hour. And even though it just got freed this morning, it has caused quite the global economic impact. Because no other ships could get through the narrow canal with their shipments of everything from crude oil to international goods, they were forced to either sit it out, or go all the way around Africa. This has caused huge delays, and skyrocketing costs. So, we got to thinking, here's what you could buy with that much cash instead. Some of them might not be quite a billion, but they are all pretty out of reach for most of us!
Things You Can Buy for $1 Billion That's Not a Ship Stuck in the Suez Canal
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