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50 Cent once challenged Floyd Mayweather to read one page of a Harry Potter book

50 Cent once bought 200 front row seats to a Ja Rule concert just to leave them empty

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  1. 50 Cent challenged Floyd Mayweather to read one full page of a 'Harry Potter' book out loud without starting and stopping or messing up. If Floyd Mayweather accomplished this, 50 Cent agreed to donate $750,000 to a charity of Mayweather’s choice. Floyd Mayweather ultimately declined the offer.

  2. John Barrier, after a bank teller refused to validate his 50 cent parking because he was dressed poorly, he withdrew his million dollars from his account and took it to the bank across the street

  3. Self-driving cars can cruise to avoid paying to park. When you factor in electricity, depreciation, wear and tear and maintenance, cruising costs around 50 cents an hour. This is still cheaper than parking, even in many smaller towns.

  4. Lil Wayne worked as a suicide prevention aid for 50 cents an hour, 10pm - 6am everyday, during his stay at Rikers.

  5. The rapper 50 cent earned $200 million before taxes from endorsing the sales of vitamin water which was 10 times more than what he had made selling records up to that point

  6. After 50 Cent challenged Floyd Mayweather to read a page from Harry Potter for $750k, Mayweather responded by offering 50 Cent $1,000,000 to post a video of his son saying "I love you"

  7. In 2006, China slaughtered 50,000 dogs after three people died of rabies. Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot. Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the beating teams were sent in.

  8. The first child to be "mailed" was sent to his grandmother in 1913. The 10 ¾ pound boy from Batavia, Ohio was sent to his grandmother a mile away. The boy’s parents paid 15 cents for the stamps and insured their son for $50.

  9. Despite being dead, 2pac earned 9 million dollars in 2007, more than both Eminem & 50 Cent.

  10. In Burma, drunk driving is punishable by either six months in jail, or USD 50 cents fine, or both.

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Mike Tyson tried to talk 50 cent out of buying his old mansion. Tyson said “No one was gonna buy it with 60,000 square feet; it's gonna cost them $25,000 just to mow the lawn”

The Statue of Liberty's hand sat in a New York park for 6 years before being installed. While the French paid for the statue, the US didn't want to pay for the pedestal, so to raise money, photographs were sold to tourists and for 50 cents, you could climb a ladder to the top of the torch. - source

Back in August 2014, 50 Cent challenged Floyd Mayweather to read one page out of a Harry Potter book

In 2008, a man made $50,000, penny by penny, by opening thousands of fake accounts and pocketing the 1 or 2 cent verification deposits - source

The US once printed paper money in cent denominations. Known as 'fractional currency', it was introduced in 1862 because people were hoarding coins for their precious metals. Issued in denominations of 3, 5, 10, 15, 25, and 50 cents, they are still technically legal tender (spendable) today.

A man named Painless Parker created the Parker Dental Circus, a traveling medicine show with his dental chair on a horse-drawn wagon. He charged 50 cents for each extraction and promised that if it hurt, he would pay the patient $5.

First roller coaster started to transport coal down a hill. But, after people found that it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists asked to ride on it for a few cents.

If you charge your smartphone every day for a year, it will cost you around 50 cents per year considering average electricity cost in the US.

The oldest existing photograph of a US President was discovered when it was bought for 50 cents in an antique shop

When 50 Cent issued Floyd Mayweather an ALS challenge to read a page from Harry Potter for $750k, Mayweather responded by offering 50 Cent $1,000,000 to post a video of his son saying "I love you"

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50 Cent used his fans to pump and dump a stock he had a significant share in, netting him $8.7 million over the weekend.

Police believe that Jam Master Jay from RUN DMC, was murdered for working with the then upcoming artist 50 Cent. 50 recorded a song called 'Ghetto Qu'ran' that annoyed gangster Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, who then had 50 cent shot 9 times, and Jam Master Jay murdered for working with him.

Dr. Dre didn’t want 21 Questions on 50 Cent’s debut album because it’s a sappy love song on a gangsta album. 50 said that he was two people. The song eventually went on to go number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

In Burma, the drunk driving penalty is either a 50 cent fine, six months in jail, or both

Paper clothing: For cost-conscious clothing shoppers in 1920, it must have seemed like a miracle: men’s suits in a choice of 50 different styles for a mere 60 cents each (about $7.66 today). What’s more, when a suit got dirty, you could easily clean it—with an eraser.

50 Cent used to sell coke to his own aunts and uncles who didn't know he was a dealer. He told them he'd get the drugs from his friend.

50 Cent once challenged Floyd Mayweather to read one page of a Harry Potter book

In 2006 China slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered crackdown after three people died of rabies. Dogs being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot. Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the teams were sent in

There is a town in Missouri called Tightwad. It earned the name when a local grocer cheated a postman out of 50 cents when buying watermelon.

A 50 cent roll of pre 1982 pennies is worth about 95 cents.

50 Cent Party" is the term for Internet trolls who are paid to manipulate public opinion for the Chinese Communist Party on social media.

50 Cent was shot 9 times once by Mike Tyson's bodyguard, Darryl Baum. One of the bullets hit his tongue, and it is still there, which is why he has a slur in his voice.

With less than 5% of the world's population, the United States is home to roughly 35–50 per cent of the world's civilian-owned guns, heavily skewing the global geography of firearms and any relative comparison

50 Cent offered writer Chinua Achebe $1 million for using the title of his novel "Things Fall Apart" for his movie. Achebe's legal team replied, "the novel was initially produced in 1958, listed as the mostly read book in modern African literature, and won’t be sold for even 1 Billion Dollars”

In 2008, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson sued Taco Bell over an ad campaign in which it invited him to change his name for one day from 50 Cent to 79 Cent, 89 Cent, or 99 Cent, in line with pricing for some of its items, and they would donate $10,000 to the charity of his choice.

50 Cent has a fleet of bulletproof SUV's and wears a bulletproof vest everyday even when doing performances

Early in his career, rapper 50 Cent was blacklisted by the recording industry because of his song, "Ghetto Qu'ran". Unable to work in any U.S. studios, he went to Canada and recorded over 30 songs to build a reputation.

Due to the Feud and beefs between the 2 famous rappers, 50 Cent bought 200 tickets (the first 4 rows seats) at Ja Rule's concert and left them empty.

50 Cent briefly considered getting involved in the mining industry. He met with a South African billionaire and considered purchasing an equity stake in a platinum mine shaft in the hopes of launching his own branded line of platinum.

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