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TIL A person had their faced smeared with Peanut Butter and then a cow licked it off just for our enjoyment of Toy Story and the sound effects for Woody’s horse, Bullseye.

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ADVM7 TIL: Whistling loud with your fingers (while being a skill that a lot of people think is impossible for them to learn due to mouth/tongue-shape), is actually, probably something that practically anybody can learn, with sufficient practice. Important note: time might vary from minutes to hours/days.
eje4 TIL The most popular sport in Ireland (gaelic football) is a completely amateur sport. The players play in front of 80,000 people and don’t get paid.
8axBV TIL Tama, the Japanese Stationmaster Cat was granted the posthumous status of Shinto goddess. Around 3,000 people attended her funeral.
yxOv TIL: During the American Civil War, Russia sent several naval fleets to dock in New York City, just in case Great Britain or France tried to attack the Union.
M7pkK TIL The phrase "the dog that didn't bark" comes from the Sherlock Holmes short story "Silver Blaze," where the absence of a guard dog's barking during a crime leads Holmes to deduce that the perpetrator was someone the dog knew, not a stranger.