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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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e04x4 TIL that mosquitoes can not only smell what blood type you are, they prefer type O. In fact, people who are type O are twice as likely to be bitten than someone who is type A.
Z8LkB TIL: While filming the 1925 Ben-Hur the director split Italian extras based on fascist or antifascist factions to make the fighting more realistic. Real swords were removed from the scene to prevent things from getting too out of hand
o7lo TIL that in the show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the waitress that Charlie has an obsessive crush on is his actual wife in real life. They got married after the first season.
mGnY TIL the most expensive tie in the world is “The Suashish Necktie” - It is made of pure silk, and fashioned from 150 grams of gold, and 271 diamonds
oRJ7W TIL in the 1950s, when the CIA was fighting the Huks, a communist guerrilla movement in the Philippines, they spread rumors that evil men would be attacked by an aswang or 'vampire'. As part of psychological warfare, they punctured holes in a dead body and drained it of blood for others to find.