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TIL researches at Uni. of Oklahoma injected almost 300 MG of LSD into a male Indian elephant in 1967. Within 5 minutes he collapsed; slightly under two hours later he was dead.

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1aokX TIL about a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, Viktor Belenko's defection. He first flew a MiG-25 fighter to Japan in 1976 and gained political asylum in the United States.
L1D9 TIL while planning the invasion of Japan, the US ordered so many purple hearts that we still haven’t issued them all.
rg7d TIL on 1 April 1976, a radio prank convinced listeners that a rare astronomical event that day would cause a temporary decrease in Earth’s gravity, such that listeners would feel a floating sensation at that exact moment. Soon after 9:47 that morning, phone calls poured in confirming the phenomenon.
loBb5 TIL about Mrs. Chippy, a cat that went on the Shackleton expedition to Antarctica. Shackleton ordered Mrs. Chippy shot when the expedition had to abandon its ship. His owner, McNish, died in poverty and obscurity, some of his last words being, "Shackleton killed my cat."
ebLb TIL that in order for stores in China to stock/sell tampons they have to import them, as Chinese companies made 85 billion sanitary pads last year, but not one tampon.