In 2013, Chris Reynolds briefly became the world's richest man when a Paypal glitch caused his account to swell to a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800
Unfortunately, Paypal giveth and Paypal taketh away. When Reynolds logged into his Paypal account, he discovered that the error was corrected.
When asked by CNN what the quadrillionaire would have done with all that money, he replied "I probably would have paid down the national debt."
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My trekker reading habits as a kid are finally useful! From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Much_for_Just_the_Planet%3F .
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For such an invaluable thing, Earth is kind of cheap!
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He could buy the planet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_Earth puts combine GNP in the 10s of trillions, ecosystem services as $125 trillion/yr, and value of the freshwater as $73.48 trillion. These prices are comfortably within his budget.
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Hell,
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He could just buy the entire country!
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