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TIL the THX sound from the opening credits of movies has a name

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wL8KW TIL of Tyke a circus elephant who after years of abuse, killed her trainer and injured her groomer. She bolted out of the arena and roamed the streets of Honolulu for about 30 mins before she was finally put down by police. Tyke became symbolic of circus tragedies and a symbol for animal rights.
1GN8 TIL that Charles Guiteau chose an ivory handled revolver to shoot President Garfield because he wanted it to look nice when it was put on display in a museum after he used it.
WmPX TIL Jim Carrey offered Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in ‘Dumb and Dumber’ (1994), however Cage wanted to do a much smaller movie instead called Leaving Las Vegas. 'Leaving Las Vegas’ (1995) ended up earning Nicolas Cage an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996.
neb5Y Today I learned that the odd logos imprinted on MDMA pills are used not only to identify where it was created, but also to build a following of users. Conversely, MDMA users can let others know to avoid pills with a certain logo on them.
JYJ9Q TIL that seaweed was such an important fertilizer during the Great Potato Famine, some people would actually steal seaweed from the shorelines of private properties.