Did you know...

I often find out new information that blows me away and feel the need to share. Might as well be here.

Scrooge McDuck was based on Andrew Carnegy.

I always just assumed after reading carnegie's story inmy tweens. Penniless scots immigrant boy turned wealthy industrialist... then after he made hisforyune he turned around and became the prototypucal philanthropist... i am not sure uf he had 3 crazy nephews but i am fairly sure he didn't have a crazy test pilot hanging around like his sidekick. I'mnot so sure about Flintheart Glongold either.

I think it's weird that Carnegie gave 90% of his wealth away and Scrooge kept all his in a vault.

I feel like the real story of ducktales was meant to be how scrooge learns from his adventures that money isn't everything and that keeping your money in a bin is hurting the economy. If scrooge wasn't going to take to philanthropy he should at least have invested hus fortune to keep those assets fluid.

I still love the idea of a money bin that needs to be guarded by a cyborg though.