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TIL the Dutch word "Swaffelen" (meaning to hit an object or person with one's penis, often repeatedly) won 2008 word of the year in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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XEDdj TIL The Co-Founder of D.H.L spent approximately $10 million on virgin prostitutes because he was desperately afraid of AIDS.
JYWJk TIL - for most people, the pain from Kidney stones is not from passing the stone. Rather, its from the stone making its way from the kidney down the ureter towards the bladder, causing muscle spasms. Most stones pass from bladder out of urine relatively pain free
b9n6Q TIL that Return of the Jedi was originally titled Revenge of the Jedi. Only after printing thousands of posters did George Lucas decide to change the name, making the posters worthless for advertising. Lucas then sold them to Stars Wars fans for $9.50 each as collector's items.
b9djZ TIL that Haddonfield, IL in Halloween (1978) was actually filmed in California in May. They scattered around artificial leaves which they had to gather and re-use in other scenes, and in a few scenes palm trees can be spotted.
dD0mB TIL that the beers Modelo, Corona, and Pacífico are owned by ABInBev everywhere in the world except in the USA, where because of an antitrust lawsuit the rights were sold to Constellation Brands, who is allowed to add styles or change the recipe, if they want to.