16. Old Cell Phones - Worth Up To $10,000

16. Old Cell Phones - Worth Up To $10,000

As a civilization, we need to do better than we are when it comes to how we dispose of old technology. Every new piece of kit we pick up, whether it's a phone, a tablet or a laptop, comes with a shelf life. When that shelf life expires, we simply adopt the new gear and throw out the old. What we throw away usually ends up on a landfill somewhere, blighting the landscape. Not only that, you're quite literally throwing money away.

We're not talking a few dollars here, either. Those commercials on television offering to pay you $30 or $40 for your old phone may have been lying to you - they could have been worth much more. If you have a Motorola DynaTAC, you'll get $500 just for the handset. If you have the original packaging, multiply that by 20. No, we're not joking. They really are worth that much to collectors!

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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