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TIL The founder of “5-Hour-Energy”, Manoj Bhargava, is the richest Indian in the Us, and gives 90% of his earnings to charity.

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exbn TIL “The 15 largest ships pollute as much as all the cars in the world.”
kJ5D7 TIL that the 2005 film "Hostel" negatively affected Slovakia's and the Czech Republic's reputation. Director Eli Roth was invited on an all-expenses-paid trip to clear up the false allegations made in the film, which portrayed the countries as crime-ridden, lawless, poor, and dangerous places.
yQ05w TIL Michael Jackson probably wrote the music for Sonic 3 on Sega (although uncredited)
VXrD TIL that Voltaire, who was strongly against the Christian church, was asked by a priest to renounce Satan while on his deathbed. His response: “Now is not the time for making new enemies.”
pYPdZ TIL Michael Schumacher donated $10 million to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It was the highest individual donation made in the disaster that killed more than 220,000 people. Schumacher's bodyguard Burkhard Cramer, and Cramer's two sons, were killed in the tsunami.