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TIL Bank of America paid no taxes in 2009, even though it made $4.4 billion income

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VPp8 TIL the earliest known depiction of Christ (1st-3rd century) is a graffitied scribble of him with a donkey’s head.
kOw6B TIL that an organ in a German church has been playing John Cage's piece "As Slow as Possible" since 2001 and is expected to finish in 2640.
PYvRn TIL that Steve-O, member of the Jackass crew, was; born in London, his first words were in Portuguese, and he was fluent in Spanish by age 4.
pNM4 TIL that in a study of domestic violence victims, 40.2% of men who contacted local agencies for help were accused of being the batterer.
0wKmy TIL that in 2017, a dead grasshopper was found in an 1889 Vincent van Gogh painting. A scientist discovered that the insect’s thorax and abdomen were missing and there was no sign of movement in the surrounding paint. So, it was already dead when it somehow landed on the artist’s wet canvas.