$13 million

Have you ever thought of the myriad ways $13 million can be spent? It's quite likely you haven't but let's look at a few, shall we?

• The weekend the movie The Hobbit opened in the U.S. and Canada, it raked in $13 million at its Midnight showings alone.
• Someone by the name of Francois-Xavier de Mallmann, a big wig with Goldman Sachs, bought an apartment in Manhattan for $13 million. 
• Donors ponied up $13 million towards a new building at The University of Kansas School of Business. 
• $13 million will be spent on New York Yankees' outfielder Ichiro Suzuki over the next two seasons.
• $13 million will be spent by the Federal government over the next two minutes.

And the coup de grace in this little exercise?

•  About $13 million was spent on a commuter rail platform is Ramsey, MN where there's only approximately 100 riders per day utilizing the train service and the heat lamps in the shelters shut down when the temperature dips into single digits. Perhaps $13 million stacked in 100 dollar bills would have been better utilized as kindling Monday morning.

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