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TIL Radio Gaga song by Queen was inspired by a swearing toddler, son of Roger taylor, the drummer of the band

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4XxrN TIL of Herostratus, an Ancient Greek arsonist who burned down the Temple of Artemis in the hope that he would be remembered forever. His city not only executed him, but forbade his name ever being spoken again in the hopes of preventing this, obviously unsuccessfully
lX1a TIL women in Paris were officially not allowed to wear trousers until this year.
vP0ZK TIL that Georg Elser tried to stop Hitler five years before Stauffenberg
PDBG TIL Chelsea Peretti’s (Gina from Brooklyn Nine-Nine) brother founded Buzzfeed
9wnpp TIL that in 1996, Mcdonald's tried to sue the owner of a family owned restaurant located in Fairbury, Illinois that had opened in 1956 called "McDonald's Family Restaurant" and lost, ironically the owner of "McDonald's Family Restaurant" is named Ronald McDonald.