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TIL two people were killed outside Graceland during Elvis Presley's funeral

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j6jDQ TIL that "Bipolar Disorder" was originally called "Manic-Depressive Illness (MDI)/Manic Depression", and was changed in the late 1900s'.
GYwnj TIL that the etymological history of the word 'Slavs" stems from the Middle English word "sclave" which means slaves given that medieval Slavs were routinely captured and enslaved during wars in the Middle Ages.
POje TIL that Bridgetown, Barbados is the only city outside of North America that George Washington visited (with his brother Lawrence to treat his Tuberculosis). While there, 19 year-old George survived Smallpox, giving him immunity to the disease which later killed so many of his Revolutionary solders.
nK8o TIL that Lance Armstrong owns a coffee shop called Juan Pelota Cafe. Juan is a homophone for “one” and “pelota” is Spanish for ball.
5Vew9 TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life.