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TIL L.A. mobster Johnny Stompanato dated 50s actress Lana Turner, once held Sean Connery at gunpoint on a movie set out of jealousy, was then disarmed and beaten by Connery, and later stabbed to death by Turner’s 14-year-old daughter.

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QlG9 TIL programmer Clint Curtis testified under oath that voting machine source code was used to manipulate elections.
0wr4A TIL there was a dog who liked to ride steam trains most of his life often with different crews, he was known across many of the Australian states, and there are books and statues referencing him.
Ypad7 TIL That in 1924, the Montreal Canadiens stored the Stanley Cup in the trunk of their car. When they got a flat tire, they removed the cup, then drove off leaving the prized cup on a snowbank.
wVG6 TIL that in 1746, Jean-Antoine Nollet crudely estimated the speed of electricity by shocking a mile of monks
rNAow TIL About a third of the elk in Yellowstone Park died as a result of the 1988 forest fires. The elk population had almost recovered by January 1995 when wolves were reintroduced. Since wolves are back in Yellowstone, the elk population has dropped about 80 percent.