04-15-2019, 03:39 AM
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Milton Hershey, the man who invented the famed Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar, wrote a $300 check to reserve his stateroom on the RMS Titanic. Thankfully, business took precedence, and Hershey and his wife missed out on the excursion.
BTW, that $300 would equate to about $7800 in today's money.
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