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TIL all the crown princes of Europe married commoners
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New research finds it stimulates a pleasant form of mind-wandering.
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TIL F. Scott Fitzgerald's full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. He was named after his distant relative Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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TIL of the Somerton Man Mystery, a case in which a man was found dead on an Australian beach, with a piece of paper that lead to a book with indentations of a ciphered text. Cause of death unknown, and despite international assistance, he was never identified.
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TIL there is an owl that nests underground. The burrowing owl usually takes holes dug by other animals to nest but also can dig their own.
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TIL of the Great Smog of London. In 1952, several days of intense smog that killed thousands and sickened 100,000.