Cashed 5000 facts
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When a Long Island woman accidentally threw away an envelope with $5000 cash intended for her mortgage, sanitation workers sifted through tons of trash until they found it. They refused to accept a reward.
Stephen King never cashed the $5000 check he received for the rights of turning Shawshank Redemption into a movie. Instead, years after the movie came out, he framed the check and gave it back to Mr. Darabont with a note: "In case you ever need bail money. Love, Steve"
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In order to find a route through the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, the Canadian Pacific Railway paid a surveyor names Major Albert Bowman Rogers $5000 to find a pass. He found it in 1881 and it was named Rogers Pass in his honor. He didn"t want to cash the check at first and framed it on his wall. The railway gave him an engraved watch instead so that he could cash the check.
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A. B. Rogers, who discovered and for whom Rogers Pass in British Columbia is named, received a $5000 cheque for discovering it and had it named after him. Rogers didn't care about the money, only the name, and framed the cheque rather than cashing it.
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The net worth per capita in the US is almost $300,000 and there is enough cash circulating for everyone to have just under $5000.
