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JJyQ TIL when super-wealthy heir, John du Pont, shot and killed Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz in cold blood and in front of multiple witnesses, he returned to his mansion and discussed terms of surrender on the phone with the police for two days.
RWM8 TIL that the Taipei 101 skyscraper uses a 728 ton steel tuned mass damper (basically a giant pendulum) to counter motion of the building since it is so close to a fault line.
nWrMB TIL elephants were used as executioners in some ancient cultures. In India, for example, rogue elephants were sometimes trained to execute criminals by crushing them with their massive weight.
x7k TIL there is an island in Puerto Rico inhabited exclusively by a few scientists and over 800 monkeys. It is a grand experiment that is off-limits to tourists. It is called Monkey Island.
rNKK0 TIL that the highest-flying living thing on Earth is a type of bacteria called Bacillus stratosphericus, which can be found floating in the air at altitudes of up to 41 kilometers (25 miles)