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TIL the Quartering Act of 1765 did not force colonists host British troops in their homes as commonly believed. Rather, it called for construction of barracks, and if no room, housing was extended to “inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses, and the houses of sellers of wine.”

wLmm8 TIL that the groundwork for modern medical training - which is infamous for its grueling hours and workload that often lead to burnout - was laid by a physician who was addicted to cocaine, which he was injecting into himself as an experimental anesthetic.
ym5p TIL in 1984 McDonald’s ran a promotion where customers scratched off a ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it, and if the U.S. won that event then they would be given a free menu item. The promotion became a near financial disaster due to the Soviet boycott.
6EZgZ TIL the ancient Greeks established a colony in the middle of the 6th century BC named Odessos, after Homer's epic Odyssey. The area of the settlement changed hands many times before it was renamed Odessa, now part of Ukraine, in 1795.
8ekgb TIL the Wei general Xiahou Ba displayed great hatred for Shu and vowed revenge for his father Xiahou Yuan after he was killed in combat. Near the end of his life, Ba would defect to Shu due to political upheaval in Wei and a personal feud with another general
Vgwm TIL Nearly all of the most popular Christmas songs including ‘Winter Wonderland’, 'Chestnuts roasting…’, and 'I’m Dreaming of a white Christmas’ Were written by Jews