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TIL: The wave that rolls onto a beach is called swash

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7rwbZ TIL of Gary Plauche, a man who shot his son’s child molester to death in a Baton Rouge airport in 1984. The incident was captured on video by a news television camera.
kOBZ7 TIL of Dean Karnazes; Ultra-Marathon runner who ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
yV5L8 TIL according to the National Adult Literacy Survey, 70% of all incarcerated adults cannot read at a 4th grade level, “meaning they lack the reading skills to navigate many everyday tasks or hold down anything but lower (paying) jobs.”
j6x8M TIL: The first thing Bob Barker gave away on The Price is Right was a Muskrat Fur Coat. It cost $595
x6y70 TIL Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) is the first composer with known biographical details. A CD featuring her music with Emma Kirkby released in 1981 sold 260,000 copies, making it the eleventh biggest-selling classical CD of all time