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Originally Posted by NewEnglandBaseBallist
A few facts that the sole winner of this ALLEGED Da Vinci masterpiece might want to consider:
1. Nearly 1/2 of the world’s population — more than 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. More than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty — less than $1.25 a day.
2. 1 billion children worldwide are living in poverty. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.
3. 805 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat.
4. More than 750 million people lack adequate access to clean drinking water. Diarrhea caused by inadequate drinking water, sanitation, and hand hygiene kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally, or approximately 2,300 people per day.
5. In 2011, 165 million children under the age 5 were stunted (reduced rate of growth and development) due to chronic malnutrition.
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right and the person that bought it before for however many millions of dollars had all of those things going on in the world as well and now he most of made 100 million dollars etc..... He can use that money to help the world and is it so bad to buy something and a make a profit....
there probably was an underbidder willing to pay a few million less than the guy that bought it so its not like the new winner is just throwing money away like people buying mid grade 1960s sets.......plus the new winner has a chance to make millions as well
all of those things that go on in the world to me is important when someone losing 10k in the casino, not someone buying a Da Vinci