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ALSO ON THIS DAY: Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant and filmed it as part of a smear campaign against alternating current.

I like to think that he chose January 4 in honor of the birth of fellow Science Jerk Isaac Newton.

And if it makes anyone feel better, Topsy the Elephant was a MURDERER, not some innocent elephant like Dumbo’s mom. So everyone involved with this was a jerk.