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

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Why did Thomas Edison electrocute an elephant?

https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/why-did-thomas-edison-electrocute-elephant.htm#:~:text=AC%2C%20then%2C%20was%20the%20inevitable,was%20more%20dangerous%20than%20DC

You may have heard of Topsy the elephant and her sad demise at the hands of Thomas Edison. But what's the real story?

Why did Thomas Edison electrocute an elephant?