You have $500 and you can time travel to any time period. What do you buy and why?

1. I'd personally purchase artwork from Vincent Van Gogh himself.
   — GiraffePolka


2. I'd note the winning lottery numbers, go back to yesterday and buy the winning ticket.
   — LazySilver


3. I'd go forward 500 years and buy a sports almanac, come back to present time and live off of sports betting. Biff was a genius.
   — foozerluck






4. Back to 1976. $500 share of Apple.
   — asharkey3


5. 2010: when a single bitcoin was less than a penny. $500 / .01 = 50,000BTC 50,000 * $2,528 = $126,400,000
   — certifiedintelligent


6. Go back 5 years and buy tons of bitcoins
   — Aeogor






7. I would travel back to January 9, 2016. Any metropolitan area anywhere besides Illinois. I would go to the nearest 7/11 and purchase a powerball ticket, choosing the numbers 16, 19, 32, 34, 57, Powerball 13. I would take the rest of my $498 and photocopy the ticket, front and back, and store the copies and original in separate safety deposit boxes. After that was all done, I'd party. In our reality, at the drawing after this one (1/13/16) three people won the largest jackpot in the game's history, a combined $1.5 Billion (only if you take the annuity, of course). The drawing before, while the jackpot was still building, it would have clocked in close to $1 Billion and I wouldn't have to split it. Not sure how that stacks up to Apple money, but it definitely beats bitcoin money, even after all the taxes.
   — Samfucius


8. Ooooooh I'd go back in time to the Wild West and buy a repeater and some ammo, and die fighting bandits!!
   — aDeadArmadillo