During the Great Depression, a banker convinced families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares for $19 a piece. The town later became the single richest per capita in the USA with 67 millionaires. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-town-of-cocacola-millionaires-quincy-florida
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WTF Fun Fact – Thelma Howard
In 1951, Walt Disney hired a maid named Thelma Howard. He gifted her shares of Disney stock each Christmas. When she died in 1994, she had 192,000 shares worth $9 million. She left the majority to her foundation supporting disadvantaged kids. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://people.com/archive/saving-grace-vol-42-no-21/