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TIL Siri has Harry Potter spell commands that actually work on your iPhone

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wWyE TIL that the Yellow Star imposed upon Jewish citizens in Nazi Germany was not a Nazi invention but originated in Medina under Islam in the 8th century
4kOwJ TIL that Ace Hardware Corporation, now the world's largest hardware retail cooperative and the largest non-grocery American retail cooperative, was created in 1924 when three entrepreneurs united their Chicago hardware stores into “Ace Stores,” named after the ace fighter pilots of World War I.
XEBL6 TIL It took Leonard Cohen 5 years to write 'Hallelujah'
vPOM7 TIL Canada's 2nd Amendment is the transferring control of Prince Rupert's Land to Canada from Hudson Bay Company
d8Bnr TIL: Paris had a pneumatic post system, where you could send your mail through tubes until 1984!