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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

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GO4N TIL that in the LOTR books Frodo and Sam walked the equivalent distance of Los Angeles CA to Austin TX.
GYx15 TIL In 1945 Roman Catholic nun Elise Rivet volunteered to go to the gas chamber in place of a mother at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. Less than two months before Germany surrendered she was killed at the age of 55.
M9Ma TIL The first streaming music service started in 1897. Users in New York could pick up their phones and connect to the Telharmonium, a central hub that would pipe music being played live by two musicians playing 24 hours a day.
1aQdW TIL Jesus was often depicted performing his miracles with a magic wand in early Christian art.
O0M7 TIL that drug use in video games is classified under the same regulations as child porn for Australian Customs