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TIL superstar Romantic poet Lord Byron called his contemporary, William Wordsworth, William “Turdsworth”

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9wV07 TIL about the 'Sacamantecas' (Spanish for "Fat Extractor"), a bogeyman in Spanish folklore similar to the sack man, based on Manuel Blanco, Spain's first documented serial killer who abducted people to extract their body fat and make soap.
5V0D TIL Dr. Seuss pronounced his pen name as rhyming with “voice”
x6Bmo TIL the two largest annual jazz festivals in the world are held in Montreal and Montreux
Y7Oe7 TIL a steamboat missing for 132 years was discovered 45 feet under a field a half-mile away from the river it sank in. Among the 200 tons of cargo recovered from the boat were bottles of liquor, ketchup, preserved fruits for pies, and bright green sweet pickles which were still edible.
6EmyQ TIL Roman Emperor Philippus Arabus seemed unusually sympathetic towards monotheists, lacking the persecution of 3rd century counterparts. Eusebius, Jerome, and others even believed that he converted. A popular anecdote alleged Philip was denied entry to church on Easter until he confessed his sins