On the day he was fired, Thompson had been in the top job for all of 5 months. His little lie cost him big bucks: he forfeited $20 million of his $27 million compensation package.

You know what, to be perfectly honest (heh) I’d lie on my resume for $7 million all day long.

Did you know I’m the President of Space and I invented writing? Well I am and I did. Pay up.