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TIL that Saudi Arabia accidentally printed textbooks showing Yoda sitting next to the king.

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Rdmw TIL that WD-40 has been used remove a python snake that had coiled itself around the undercarriage of a bus, and that police officers also once used WD-40 to remove a naked burglar who was trapped in an air conditioning vent.
5YaYR TIL a single man submersible canoe was developed for special operations in WW2
x6Lpk TIL of Bill Millin, a Canadian musician who played bagpipes while under fire at Sword Beach during D-Day. He survived the war and died at the age of 88 in 2010.
rRPZ4 TIL about Dumah, the angel of silence and of the stillness of death, in Rabbinical and Islamic literature. Dumah is described as the thousand-eyed angel of death, armed with a flaming sword, having authority over the wicked dead. Dumah is also the Aramaic word for silence.
PYvLZ TIL prior to 2002, psilocybin mushrooms were widely available in Japan and were often sold in mail-order shops, online vendors and in head shops throughout Japan; according to Japan's Health Ministry narcotics division, prior to 2002, "You can find them anywhere."