Cave-dwelling brothers inherit $6.7 billion, and more

last updated 8 January 2015

Cave-dwelling brothers inherit $6.7 billion

Hungarian brothers Zsolt and Geza Peladi are so poor that they live in a cave outside Budapest, earning a little money by selling street junk. But a lawyer has just told them that their maternal grandmother in Germany recently died, leaving them a significant portion of her enormous fortune of 4.5 billion euros, or about $6.7 billion. “All we really had was each other,” said Geza. “No women would look at us living in a cave. But with money, maybe we can find a partner and finally have a normal life.” Officials declined to name the woman or the source of her fortune, to prevent con men from trying to cash in on the inheritance.

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