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TIL the original Alfalfa died by getting shot in the groin in an argument about lost dog reward money

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nWyDY TIL Lady Gaga is the first woman in history to win an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA & Golden Globe in a single year, in 2019 for her perfomance in A Star is Born
AnJo TIL “Milky” Way comes from goddess Hera’s breast milk. When Hercales was born, Zeus wanted him to have godlike qualities so he let him suck Hera’s milk (his wife) when she was sleeping. When she woke, she pushed him off, and spilled milk all over the sky.
EgEep TIL That
1XoX TIL in 2007, a Bowhead whale was discovered with the end of a harpoon left embedded in its neck from a previous hunt. It was found that the harpoon tip was originally manufactured in 1890, indicating the whale had survived a human attack more than a century ago.
EGed TIL that the CEO of McDonald’s is a former robotics engineer who thought he was being recruited by McDonnell Douglas (a defense contractor) when he was first hired.