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TIL: Karl Marx was known for his extravagant and wasteful spending

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yQrWM TIL the physics of surfing.
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rkRM TIL translations of the first “Austin Powers” maintain Alotta Fagina’s suggestive name, but differently; in Finnish her name means “always horny,” Polish has her as “wavy vagina,” and Canadian French makes her “happy clitoris.”
VBE9p TIL that potting soil can spontaneously combust!
xgaw TIL: there was a war in congo from 1998 to 2003 that claimed the life of 5.7 million people, the deadliest since WW2.