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TIL about Thomas Edison's filming and assistance in the electrocution, poisoning, and strangulation of Topsy the circus elephant on Coney Island.

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WkEMB TIL details from the plot of 1996 Nicolas Cage thriller The Rock was used by an intelligence agent to fabricate evidence for false WMD intelligence and aided in the case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
J1pv TIL during the Apollo 12 mission, a 2 ½ ton piece of the Lunar Module was experimentally crashed onto the surface of the moon. The unexpected result? The moon “rang like a bell” for nearly an hour.
oKoR TIL Darth Vader does NOT say “Luke, I am your father.”, but instead says “No. I am your father.”
DeNj TIL: Before the US Post Master General specifically made it illegal, two children were successfully ‘mailed’ via the postal service in 1913.
m1V6M TIL : Willie O'Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL, was blind in one eye. It was caused by a ricocheting puck that hit him in the face when he was 18 and he kept it a secret for his entire 21-year career.