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TIL Eyren was the most common word for what we call eggs today, and it only changed because William Caxton used a printing press to flood England with publications calling them eggs.

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W71YB TIL Rupert Murdoch was a member of the Oxford University Labour Party, kept a bust of Lenin in his rooms and came to be known as "Red Rupert"
wL66W TIL - There was a guy in 1917 who flipped a urinal sideways, signed it with a pseudonym and called it art ("The Fountain"). Now other artists try to competitively pee into it in museums. "The Fountain" was voted most important work of 20th century art by 500 art professionals; surpassing Picasso.
VMA6Q TIL, due to it's remoteness Supai, Arizona is the last remaining town to receive mail delivered by mule.
Y7YmW TIL Philippa Schuyler was raised as a hybrid experiment by her parents to test if interracial kids could create a superior race. She had an IQ of 185, could read and write by age 2, and was a world-famous pianist by 8. Despite her genius, she struggled with her identity and died at 35 in Vietnam.
Y7vNr TIL that in 2014, "Good Grief" was to be a reality TV show following a family owned mortuary, but never aired due to the stars of the show having been evicted from their building, leaving behind eight decaying bodies, and being convicted of having abused a corpse.