Extinction by asteroid probably isn't something that keeps most of us up at night. But it does at the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsentinelmission.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">B612 Foundation</a>, a nonprofit set up by several former Silicon Valley execs to track and deflect asteroids on a collision course with Earth.
Asteroid deflection —
Extinction by asteroid probably isn't something that keeps most of us up at night. But it does at the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit set up by several former Silicon Valley execs to track and deflect asteroids on a collision course with Earth.
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A billionaire British magazine publisher, Felix Dennis left the bulk of his $850 million fortune to care for his million-tree forest when he died last month, according to news reports.
A private forest —
A billionaire British magazine publisher, Felix Dennis left the bulk of his $850 million fortune to care for his million-tree forest when he died last month, according to news reports.
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The Guggenheim name is now synonymous with art, but in the 1920s the family that made its fortune in mining played a crucial role in advancing commercial air travel.
Commercial flight —
The Guggenheim name is now synonymous with art, but in the 1920s the family that made its fortune in mining played a crucial role in advancing commercial air travel.
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His father was the founder of Standard Oil, a shrewd businessman and the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2Fgallery%2Fluxury%2F2014%2F06%2F01%2Frichest-americans-in-history%2Findex.html">richest American of all time</a>. Junior, as John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was called, spent his life giving money away.
The National Parks —
His father was the founder of Standard Oil, a shrewd businessman and the richest American of all time. Junior, as John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was called, spent his life giving money away.
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In 1997, shortly after selling his cable empire to Time Warner, media mogul (and CNN founder) Ted Turner<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2FUS%2F9709%2F18%2Fturner.gift%2F"> pledged $1 billion</a> to the United Nations.
The United Nations —
In 1997, shortly after selling his cable empire to Time Warner, media mogul (and CNN founder) Ted Turner pledged $1 billion to the United Nations.
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The billionaire New York hotelier left $12 million to her dog -- a Maltese named Trouble -- when she <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2007%2FUS%2F08%2F20%2Fhelmsley.obit%2Findex.html">died</a> in 2007.
Doggie trust fund —
The billionaire New York hotelier left $12 million to her dog -- a Maltese named Trouble -- when she died in 2007.
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