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TIL – English physician William Harvey was a prominent skeptic regarding allegations of witchcraft. He was one of the examiners of four women from Lancashire accused of witchcraft in 1634, and as a consequence of his report, all of them were acquitted.
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His trick was that he had very accurate scales, so when he weighed the accused against a duck, he could actually tell which ones were heavier, and which ones were witches.