Yesterday, a cow named Freddie briefly held New York City’s attention when he burst forth from the Queens slaughterhouse where he was being held and led police on a chase down Jamaica Avenue. This morning, Freddie was being taken to an animal sanctuary, where he will settle down, enjoy the fresh air and green grass, and live out his years in peace and quiet away from the city.

On Thursday afternoon, in Jamaica, Queens, a cow escaped from a slaughterhouse. It was scheduled to die on Friday. If you wanted to anthropomorphize, you might imagine that it was fleeing for its life. We wouldn’t recommend it, though, because it got caught, and is going to die anyway.

In your Thursday edition of, "Today, I learned..." we have this: did you know that cows apparently really enjoy music, and—more specifically—the sound of an accordion? Well, if this video is any proof, they do. They really do.