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TIL that Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” who operate a hotline to which citizens can report magic.

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Wk9dX TIL an accountant who never played professional hockey stood in as a goalie in an NHL game after both of the Blackhawks' goalies were injured, leading the team to victory.
gxjy TIL British gunboats were having problems being lit on fire during World War II, so they designed a special diesel engine with the cylinders in a DELTA configuration. The engine worked so well, it is still in service 70 years later, and is half the size of its competitors. But just a 5th the weight.
jN1wv TIL “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington’s ancestor invented the first flushing toilet for Queen Elizabeth I, called the “John Harington.” It was later just referred to as “the john.”
XEgVX TIL When buttons were invented in the 13th century, wealthy women did not dress themselves — their lady’s maid did. As most people are right-handed, it was easier for maids to fasten with the buttons on the left. And that's why men's and women's buttons are on opposite sides.
KY6lB TIL that when Leslie Nielsen died in 2010, ESPN ran an obituary for "Enrico Pallazzo," the opera singer that Lt. Frank Drebin (Nielsen) impersonated in the first Naked Gun! movie.