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TIL that lying to, or misinforming somebody about events or facts (with the purpose of making them doubt their memory or sanity), is called Gaslighting

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AN5aB TIL that Ferdinando Palasciano(1815-1891) was an italian doctor from Naples. He worked as health militay officer and risked a death sentence during the siege of Messina, because he refused to carry out the order to leave untreated the enemy soldiers.
jwYE TIL Warner Bros. kept George Clooney’s return to ER in the episode “Such Sweet Sorrow” a secret by submitting a version of the episode without him to NBC and at the last minute submitting an “Edited” version that included his cameo, without any time for NBC to screen it before it aired.
5YQ9B TIL of the "Green Book" which was a travel guide for black people published up until 1966 that gave locations on safe stops and routes for travel in the U.S.
5Y0ZP TIL the tapwater in New York City has microscopic crustaceans in it, because of this it is considered not Kosher.
4XRdJ TIL Despite most of their job becoming automated, the number of bank tellers doubled between 1970-2010