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TIL: During the witch trials, "spectral evidence" (evidence based on visions) was considered a form of legal evidence and if accepted, was virtually impossible for lawyers to refute. However, people at the time were unable to agree whether the devil can take the form of an innocent person or not.

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NXrLb TIL at a 2005 congressional hearing, mentions of the Sedan nuclear test was incorrectly transcribed as "Sudan" in the record. Sudanese officials later stated that they "take this issue seriously and with extreme importance" and allegedly blamed the U.S. for raising cancer rates among their people.
QOyp TIL that H&R Block once discovered that their own taxes were too complex for them to manage.
GVp5 TIL From 1998-2010, hedge funds earned $379 billion in fees, while the investors in them earned $70 billion in gains.
PY68n TIL that an distraught Elephant in India went on a retaliatory rampage, killing and even consuming multiple people after her calf was killed by villagers.
yQVBV TIL: Conspiracy theorist, David Icke was a professional footballer for Coventry City FC