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TIL there is a “never-ending” wave in Brazil called a pororoca, attracting surf competitions from all over the world; the longest record for surfing a single wave is 37 minutes, and was for a distance of 12.5 km

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REvw TIL The reason the Bible says “You shall not have any other gods before me” is because Judaim was originally polytheistic
DwKj TIL there was a British magician named Jasper Maskelyne who joined the the fight in WW2. He used his illusions to fool the German army.
4XW1w TIL why ink cartridge are forbidden or restricted to transport in planes
ER9X TIL a single asteroid can contain US$20 trillion worth of metals.
VMDAQ TIL the US Justice Department reached a settlement with BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. But the settlement turned out to be tax-deductible, meaning that BP could write off $13+ billion of the penalty.