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TIL in 1916, a town in Tennessee hanged an elephant by its neck after it killed a trainer during a parade

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BoVD TIL during the WW1 Germans protested against the use of shotguns in trenches by the americans arguing Hague Convention forbid to employ arms that cause unnecessary suffering.
VAJ8 TIL in season one of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the Dire wolves were played by a relatively new breed of dog known as the Northern Inuit Dog.
DQpMg TIL The U.S. Government Sends a Handful of People 300 Joints per Month. The Program Was Shut Down in 1992, With Only 13 Patients Being Grandfathered In.
Gj8j TIL Rwanda has the only government on earth in which the majority of parliamentarians are women.
LMDr TIL James Doohan (Star Trek’s Scotty) saved a fan from suicide. After receiving a suicide note, he convinced her to attend his next convention appearance. Later he discovered his encouragement had not only saved her life, but also inspired her to go back to school and become an electronics engineer.