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TIL that John Rockefeller hired the national guard to massacre striking coal mine workers killing women and children in result

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VBj9p TIL that the endangered/threatened listing of marine mammals and (most) fish is managed by the US Secretary of Commerce… 😑
woX61 TIL the car coordinator of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood managed to locate the exact 1959 Ford driven by the Manson Family, but a replica was used instead because the idea of having the real Manson car was considered too creepy.
lolGa TIL that there is a company that secretly takes continuous, rapid, high-resolution aerial photos of crime-plagued cities to help police “rewind” time to view a crime as it happens and then to “fast-forward” the movement of suspects to their present locations.
rRlwW TIL about Donny the Doberman, a gifted dog, that has been shown arranging some of his 80 plush toys into evenly spaced triangles and lines, and chooses to use, for example, only stuffed frogs or monkeys for a particular design, completely of his own accord.
JD0m TIL that Andre “the Giant” Roussimoff once drank 119 beers in 6 hours. He passed out in a hotel lobby but was too large for anyone to help him return to his room so he slept in the lobby all night.