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	Mar. 01, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 19, 2021
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Revenue recognized from warrant exercise		156.5
Exercise of warrants (in shares)		13,600,000
Subsequent Event
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Revenue recognized from warrant exercise	107.5
Exercise of warrants (in shares)	9,300,000
Redemption price of warrants (USD per share)				$ 0.01
Warrant
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share			11,000,000.0