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TIL a Chinese art collector paid for a $170m painting with his American Express credit card. He said he'll use the points to allow his family to travel for life.

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x9pb TIL Charlie Chaplin would have canned The Great Dictator had he known about the actual horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at the time. “Had I known, … I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.”
bGZQ TIL payment company Square starts off every week with a company-wide morale check, asking employees “How do we feel” and “What are we not talking about,” and then shares the answers in a Google Doc for all to see
jNamX TIL About Col. Rick Rescorla who anticipated the 9/11 attack on the WTC and saved over 2,600 people by leading them out when it happened
n7Nr TIL The pharma company Merck developed a drug called Ivermectin to treat river blindness. They donate it to 3rd world countries that can’t afford it, and sell it to farmers to treat worms in their animals. It has helped save millions of lives.
Gp7N TIL that cetaceans blow bubble rings seemlingly for amusement