nW1GW TIL the lower part of the wall, when covered or decorated e.g. with wooden panels, is called dado. This used to be done to hide stains and mold resulting from damp walls.
4kw0X TIL Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 was widely compared to the ancient and legendary Fall of Troy in Germany with many believing it as start of end times and the apocalypse. Commoners went as far as to believe that news of its dissolution was a plot by their local authorities.
x6xO1 TIL when US Senator and governor Huey P. Long was assassinated by Carl Weiss, Weiss was then shot 60 times by Long’s bodyguards, nicknamed the ‘skullcrushers’
5V6Kk TIL Charles Joughin, the chief baker on the Titanic, is widely considered the last person to leave the ship alive. He famously rode the stern down like an elevator, stepping into the water without submerging his head, and survived for a time in the freezing Atlantic before being rescued
M7vLW TIL when Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022 she owned 24 luxury homes in New York City. At least one deed lists “Her Majesty the Queen” as the buyer.
j6apv TIL that the @ symbol is over 500 years old and was used by medieval merchants to mean "at the price of"
0dnEj TIL of Emma of Normandy. Becoming Queen of England after marrying Æthelred the Unready in 1002, she later went on to marry Cnut Forkbeard, the son of the man who deposed her first husband. After marrying Cnut and again becoming queen, she was the only woman to ever be Queen of England twice
grkK4 TIL that Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris murdered a woman in 2025. Anne Marie Hochhalter, who survived the Columbine High School Massacre of 1999, died 2/16/2025 aged 43, after her 25-year-old bullet wounds became infected.
LQJLZ TIL in 2023, British publisher Puffin Books expurgated various works by Welsh author Roald Dahl, rereleasing his work by altering hundreds of passages regarding his depiction of race, sex and character, against his wish during his lifetime of having his work untouched. The act was widely criticized.
b6NEN TIL the Europa Clipper is on its way to study Europa, one of Jupiter's moon to find if there is evidence of life.
QNAnp TIL burning cyanoacrylate glue (super glue) can release hydrogen cyanide
ANELB TIL about the 1904 Great Fire of Toronto, Canada. Over 100 buildings were destroyed in the fire. It caused CA$10,387,000 ($390 million in 2025 dollars) in damages.