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![TIL that when 16 year old John Paul Getty III was kidnapped in 1973, his billionaire grandfather refused to pay $17 million ransom. After the kidnappers mailed Getty's ear to a newspaper, TIL that when 16 year old John Paul Getty III was kidnapped in 1973, his billionaire grandfather refused to pay $17 million ransom. After the kidnappers mailed Getty's ear to a newspaper,](https://external-preview.redd.it/BRTPE0H6Vw5HYlW5C_zrSBTfSUU72RZJFsTq4ntOvtU.jpg?auto=webp&s=eb60815a26dfc08269d3aef322fa9aca3ad2a045)
TIL that when 16 year old John Paul Getty III was kidnapped in 1973, his billionaire grandfather refused to pay $17 million ransom. After the kidnappers mailed Getty's ear to a newspaper,
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