EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down117
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarenibbler@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agomore like $11M today, and it still checks out, right? How much is a nice mansion or two today?
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoAlong the lines of the original post. Compare Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Taylor, for example. On paper, Angelina is far wealthier, but in terms of day-to-day lifestyles, they are pretty comparable. Only the 0.01% of multi-billionaires have reaped any rewards.
more like $11M today, and it still checks out, right? How much is a nice mansion or two today?
Along the lines of the original post.
Compare Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Taylor, for example. On paper, Angelina is far wealthier, but in terms of day-to-day lifestyles, they are pretty comparable. Only the 0.01% of multi-billionaires have reaped any rewards.