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TIL the first “Got Milk” commercial was directed by Michael Bay

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OopJ7 TIL Janis Joplin was bullied by former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson in high school. Even in a 1992 interview, 22 years after Janis’ death, he couldn’t stop bragging about it as he implied groping her: ‘… she never wore any panties… from what I understood’
Zpl1G TIL that before SpaceX was allowed to land the Falcon9 rockets at Vandenberg California, they had to test if the native sea lions would be bothered by the sonic booms
VM6b4 TIL that new tires have little rubber hairs on them as a byproduct of the manufacturing process and that those hairs do not have any practical purpose or benefit for the tire.
5x69 TIL 15 human feet wearing shoes have washed up on the shores of the Pacific Northwest since 2007.
69vy8 TIL: In 2020, a betta fish was able to victoriously complete Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire on live stream with a control system mapped to his tank. Over 4 months, he completed the game by defeating the final champion and even discovered a game bug along the way.