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TIL in 2006, Richard Branson pledged $3bn to fight global warming over 10 years. As of 2014, he has spent less than 1/10 of that.

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W7LpX TIL In 1973 Poland, a group of archaeologists were permitted to open the tomb of King Casimir. During and soon after the examination, several researchers died, and many more died a few years later. The killer was the same as in an Egyptian tomb decades earlier –– a pathogenic fungus.
xVXWo TIL a dolphin at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies was given a reward of fish for turning in trash that had fallen in the pool to the trainers, including dead seagulls. She began hiding fish under a rock to use to lure gulls, which she would catch to get even more fish.
78MJ7 TIL that during World War II, British intelligence spread a rumor that eating carrots improved night vision to cover up the fact that their pilots were using radar technology to target enemy planes in the dark.
N7g1N TIL the "historical fact" that the American government gave blankets infected with smallpox to Native Americans was made up by a single person.
awVEJ TIL that Michelangelo's painting "The Last Judgment" features naked men kissing one another and one man being dragged to hell by his testicles. Scholars believe the homoerotic figures were inspired by male prostitutes in baths and brothels that Michelangelo frequented in 16th century Rome.