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TIL: Edison shocked elephants with AC to disprove Tesla, trying to prove that DC is safer

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M7b7 TIL on October 12, 1960, during a live, televised debate, a Japanese politician was stabbed to death by a 17yo right-wing assassin. The entire incident was broadcast nation wide.
YpDE7 TIL that John Wayne said that there was nothing wrong with the fact that colonists took land away from Native Americans, because the early settlers were "people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves".
dDVlB TIL a majority of the people Christopher Walken interacted with as a child were non-native English speakers, including his father. Walken attributes his unique halting speaking style to watching people hesitate to think of the right English word.
jNr7X TIL Kenan Thompson refused to dress in drag on "Saturday Night Live" until the show hired a black woman.
Zp08B TIL in 1967, The Doors scored their first #1 hit with "Light My Fire." Elektra Records’ founder Jac Holzman offered each member a gift; Jim Morrison picked a 1967 Ford Mustang, inspired by his hairstylist Jay Sebring. In 1969, Morrison mysteriously lost the Mustang, and its fate remains a mystery.