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p8aOZ TIL that after Charlotte Corday was executed by guillotine, a man lifted her head and slapped it on the cheeks, an expression of unequivocal indignation then appeared on her face suggesting that victims of the guillotine may retain consciousness for a short while
e06nJ TIL Nathaniel Hawthorne was related to a judge named John Hathorne who resided over the Salem Witch Trials. Upon learning of his ancestry, Hawthorne was so horrified that he changed the spelling and pronunciation of his name so as to avoid any connections being made.
p81rA TIL that Julius Caesar's last words were not "Et tu, Brutus?" but instead "Kai su, teknon?" meaning "You too, child?" in ancient Greek.
7reGL TIL There's a PBS TV station in Upstate New York who has more Canadian viewership than American, and therefore signed off every night with the Canadian national anthem and then the U.S. national anthem.
lo16A TIL a researcher came up with a formula estimating the maximum number of people required to maintain a conspiracy and how long it would take for it to unravel. The moon landing hoax conspiracy theory would require 410,000 and would be revealed in 3 years and 9 months.