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TIL scientists is 1962 tested LSD on an elephant named Tusko at the Oklahoma zoo, the elephant died.

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VMNxQ TIL there is a field of study called zoomusicaology, that studies how animals produce and respond to music.
QNVoE TIL a KGB spy operating in Canada in the 1950's was convinced to become a double agent for Canada (codename: Gideon), but was betrayed when an RCMP officer exposed him for money. "Gideon" was recalled to the USSR and long presumed executed, until he turned up alive in 1992 and defected to Canada.
ADwxB TIL that the presence of a hair growing out of a mole may indicate that the spot is actually healthy and noncancerous.
e0DV6 TIL Dominos Pizza ended the "30 Minutes or it's Free" guarantee, in the 1980s, after a delivery driver killed a woman trying to meet the time constraint.
aweMy TIL that there’s a plantation turned prison in Louisiana that looks straight out of the 1800’s making prisoners pick cotton while guards are on horseback