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TIL When Madonna broke up with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, he took back all the paintings he gave her and painted them all black.

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KOkQJ TIL: Over 1,000,000 wills in the United States list a dog as the primary beneficiary. A German Shepherd who inherited his owner's money was able to pass $375 million onto his puppies.
9wNdm TIL in 2013 a team of snipers destroyed 17 electrical transformers at the Metcalf Transmission Substation in CA, described as a 'professional job' using 'military-style weapons.' Fiber optic cables were cut prior to the attack and no suspects have ever been publicly identified.
E19Yx TIL State Farm paid $145million in punitive damages for having a “Jew list” to discriminate against claimants.
WkjLY TIL Georgia Governor Talmadge may have been integral in promoting infamous 1946 lynchings and was investigated by the FBI
78erX TIL that all the gold that has ever been mined in all of human history could fill about three Olympic-sized swimming pools.