Fun Facts: Really? Part 23

The richest man in Hong Kong, billionaire Li Ka-shing, dropped out of school before he turned sixteen. He has an estimated net worth of $20.1 billion.

LSD or acid was legal in California until 1966.

In 1980, Detroit gave Saddam Hussein the key to the city.

In 2014, a man spent over $40,000 buying out two IMAX theaters in Beijing because his ex-girlfriend, seven years prior, had dumped him for not being able to afford movie tickets.

In 2015, Daniella Perez, a woman in a wheel chair who had no feet, won a treadmill and a walk-in sauna on the Price is Right. She tweeted a photo of her shocked face during the win with the caption: “When you win a treadmill on national TV, but you have no feet.” Her upbeat attitude and jokes about “popping wheelies all day” made her an instant social media favorite.

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