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If We Had a Billion Dollars, We’d Buy Unicorns and Trips to Space

This week, the Powerball reached $550 million, the highest it’s ever been. And last night, two lucky ticket holders – in Missouri and Arizona – won the jackpot. But how does one even begin to spend $550 million? The Barenaked Ladies came up with a pretty good list of what they’d buy if they had […]

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