10. You Want Fries With That Ostrich Brain?





Roman Emperor and notorious practical joker Heliogabalus cooks up

some ostrich brain, locks his dinner guests in with the lions.



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9. Dude, She's Just Not That Into You





Earl of Leicester spends a lifetime chasing the Queen who would not be caught.

Efforts culminate in two colossal feasts.



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8. Twenty Thousand Guests, Forty Thousand Bottles of Booze. You Do the Math





Mayors of France turn up their noses at Paris, get together with the

federal government at largest dinner party ever in 1900.



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7. Try the Flamingo Tongue -- It's to Die For!





Roman Marcus Apicius invents Haute Cuisine, but over-the-top dinner bills

force re-evaluation of lifestyle. Rather than live with a mere

$200 million in the bank, Marcus opts for suicide.



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6. Let Them Eat Cake -- I'll Be In Disguise





New York Socialite amuses friends by hosting lavish costume ball in 1897.

Stuck in The Long Depression, everyone else is not amused.

Taxman sides with everyone else, rakes her over the coals.



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5. Eighty-Four and Going Strong





Eighty-four year-old billionaire lumber baron celebrates

his 84th birthday at a star-studded 2007 party.



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4. Can I Have My $20 Billion Back Now, Please?





Insanely-wealthy Sultan of Brunei hosts 1996 bash with Michael Jackson

providing the entertainment. Brother embezzles several billion soon after.



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3. The Billion Dollar Glass of Wine





Cleopatra bets Marc Antony she can create most expensive banquet ever.

Dissolves her billion-dollar pearl earring in wine, drinks it down, collects winnings.



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2. Recession, What Recession?





Billionaire casino magnate and serial supermodel divorcée Sol Kerzner ignores

2008 global meltdown, hosts Grand Opening for Dubai casino.



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1. The 400 Billion Dollar Birthday Bash





Billionaire CEO's 2001 embezzlement pays for wife's multi-million dollar, R-Rated

fortieth birthday bash. Ends up in jail, divorced.



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