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TIL while Australian billionaire Kerry Packer was playing poker in a Vegas casino, a Texas oil investor kept bragging about how rich he was, when he said he was worth $60 Million, Kerry Packer took a coin out of his pocket and said “I’ll flip you for it”.

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