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TIL that ESPN’s Mike Tirico once sent harassing emails to a female producer, then later confronted her saying, “If I was single, I would throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out.” He then proceeded to follow her in his car for miles down I-84 before she took an exit in a panic

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KrXE TIL that Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” who operate a hotline to which citizens can report magic.
yQv8e TIL that a man named Joseph Bolitho Johns (Moondyne Joe) escaped prison so many times that a special secure prison was built for him. A confident jailor said "if you get out again, I will set you free". Moondyne escaped that as well. He was caught again two years later but jailor kept his word.
651X TIL that human foot is home to more than 200 different types of fungi
4XBg5 TIL: The last living person born in the 1800s died in 2017. When she was born, the last living person from the 1700s was still alive. In other words, we all lived alongside someone who lived alongside someone who was born when George Washington was president.
x6k8w TIL there is a town in Southern Utah called Mexican Hat. The name comes from a nearby rock formation that looks like a sombrero.