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

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4xVR TIL of an Italian pornstar, who was a member of Parliament, while continuing to make hardcore porn videos while in office. She often made speeches with one breast exposed, and offered to have sex with Saddam Hussein in exchange for peace in the region.
gr8QX TIL Rhode Island is only two miles away from New York due to Fishers Island (part of NY) being just offshore of RI's southernmost landlocked point.
479N TIL that “Dagobertducktaks” (2014 Dutch word of the year) is an extra tax for the super rich, named after Donald Duck’s uncle Dagobert – known in English as……..Scrooge McDuck.
69Nxl TIL Cleopatra was born of incest. "More than a dozen of Cleopatra’s ancestors tied the knot with cousins or siblings, and it’s likely that her own parents were brother and sister. In keeping with this custom, Cleopatra eventually married both of her adolescent brothers.
5aKP TIL that in one mathematical model using Bram Stoker and Stephen King’s vampires, within 165 days of the first vampire appearing on earth, 80% percent of humans would be exterminated.