When hunting for helium, you need to drill deep down into the earth, well past the Jurassic period. These rocks are really old. Sarah Gonzalez hide caption
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Over 2000 Irish Pubs in 53 countries all come from one man and his company. NPR hide caption
Technicians install solar panels on a roof. This process has gotten a lot faster, and cheaper, over the years. AP hide caption
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, made headlines by shorting multi-level marketing company Herbalife. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images hide caption
An African forest elephant in Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of the Congo. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption
The layout of the office belonging to one of Costa Rica's most notorious con artists. The IT guy at the office made these sketches to help authorities shut it down. Felipe Fernandez hide caption
One of these babies is Planet Money correspondent Karen Duffin; the other is her twin, Marie. We have no idea who's who (and neither do their parents). Karen Duffin hide caption
Stress on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
