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TIL that the Six Flags in New Orleans has been untouched since it was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The rides and games have been rotting away since.

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b66wE TIL hitting an elephant with a baseball bat is illegal in California
VB1Z0 TIL that in 1983, a legal battle over the James Bond franchise resulted in two movies being released simultaneously in theaters: 'Never Say Never Again', starring Sean Connery, and 'Octopussy', starring Roger Moore.
4Xgp5 Over 50 spacecraft (19 landers and 6 rovers have visited the lunar surface) have successfully launched from Earth to fly past, orbit, impact and land on the Moon.
7rL4P TIL in 1998 a burglar stole a priceless diamond ornament originally belonging to empress Elisabeth of Austria, replacing it with a gift shop replica. Newspapers covered up the theft by claiming it had been speedily recovered and the fake remained on display for 10 years.
RZXw TIL the ancient Greeks used the electrogenic properties of electric rays to numb the pain of childbirth and operations.