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TIL of a former taxi driver turned billionaire who purchased a $170 million painting with his American Express card, earning enough reward points for a lifetime of first-class travel for his family.

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VBAnQ TIL that Bruce Springsteen originally wrote his 1984 song "Cover Me" for famed disco singer Donna Summer, but Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau decided the song had hit potential, and instead kept it for Springsteen’s album, "Born in the U.S.A". The song was later certified Gold in the U.S.A.
JY4vj TIL Beekeeping is leading to a decline of wild bees, and is not considered a conservationist effort.
X0LOR TIL Dennis Rodman changed his image after seeing Wesley Snipes' portrayal of Simon Phoenix in the 1993 sci-fi action flick Demolition Man.
XEjwr TIL that 1,418 entrance steps (one for each day the Soviet Union fought in the WWII) of the new 95m-tall “Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces” are forged from melted-down hardware seized from Nazi troops.
4X40N TIL: Male Jurors are more likely to find fat women guilty