Weird Facts You Never Knew About Entry Doors

The facts are clear and their weird. So let’s go over some weird and interesting facts about doors today that might get you saying Hum!

Weird Facts Number 1:

1. Many church front doors have red paint. This is a sign of the Passover reminding guests of sanctuary and safety. In addition it symbolizes the blood that was sacrificed by Christ. Furthermore, the grandiose doors of many cathedrals are quite heavy and require several people to open them, so they have a much smaller door built in called a wicket door. The wicket door enables people to enter and exit with ease.
2.  Most of the doors in Ireland are colorful. When Queen Victoria passed away there were orders to paint all the doors black for mourning. In rebellion some painted the doors colorful instead. It is joked that Ireland’s colorful doors are painted this color these days so that drunk 
3. family members can make their way back to the right home once the pub has closed. Alexander Graham Bell made this quote famous which says, “When one door closes another opens”. It is still a saying today. The full phrase is “When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” The quote is often interpreted as missing opportunities that are right in front of you.  
4. In mainstream Rabbinic Judaism, a mezuzah is affixed to the doorpost of Jewish homes to fulfill the mitzvah (Biblical commandment) to “write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house.”
5. According to National Geographic Europe’s oldest door is estimated to be 5,100 years old. They determined this by examining the tree rings of the door’s wood. Archaeologists excavating a site in Zurich, Switzerland discovered it.
6. In ancient roman mythology Janus is the Roman God of beginnings, gates, transitions and time. Janus gave passage to both future and past. He is depicted with two faces for this reason.
7. Although it is difficult to provide an exact date of when door knobs first came into use, the first documentation of the invention of a door knob was in 1878 by African American inventor Osbourn Dorsey. The U.S. Patent Office received a submission made for improvements on a door-closing device made by Osbourn. Osbourn too invented the Doorstop the same year.
8. The earliest known locking mechanisms were discovered by archaeologists in the mid-19th century at the Palace of Khorsabad in modern day Iraq. The rudimentary key and lock system dates back to 4000 B.C., when the area would have been the Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria.
9. We can trace doors back to ancient Egypt. Back then most of the doors were just a slab of wood with hinges. Even in Egypt they had false doors. These doors lead nowhere, just serving as Gateways to the afterlife. 
10. The band The Doors got their name from a book by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception.
11. Final fact . . . is that you can save a ton of money by switching to a new Entry Door by Conservation Construction. You’ll also get more protection, a cleaner door, and more functionality. Get your free quote today!

We hope these fun facts amused you. Hopefully you have something interesting to discuss over dinner, or perhaps even have the answer to a pub question! We’ll see you next week. Thanks for reading.