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TIL people with Bipolar are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol due to the initial effects of the drug temporarily relieving the effects caused from the disorder, making them more likely to develop addictions

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aEM9 TIL in early 2000s enterpreneur Ken Belanger sued Microsoft for illegal use of his “Pocket PC” trademark. Ken’s “Pocket PC” was a 1985-made plastic coin with 0 and 1 engraved on front and back sides.
GY5VG TIL in 2009, three New Zealand blue ducks - two males and a female - were kept in a breeding program in England. However, the program was derailed (despite the efforts of the breeders and even the female duck) when the two male ducks hooked up with each other instead of with the female.
KO4g9 TIL the United Kingdom hasn't really required people to pay for bail since 1898. This was to help reduce the number of people remanded in custody simply because they were poor. Nowadays, bail is automatically given unless said person has a risk of absconding or is a risk to the public.
dDjl7 TIL the ViewMaster was introduced in 1939. Film and paper were scarce, and production nearly stopped due to WWII, but a contract to produce airplane and ship identification and range estimation reels saved the product. The military purchased 100,000 viewers and six million reels during the war.
l7WDr TIL: Sumerian and Babylonian math used a base 60 system. 60 was the most important number in Mesopotamian math. It is such a useful number system that today, we still measure time, angles, and coordinates using the Base 60 system created by the ancient Mesopotamians!