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TIL that "Bipolar Disorder" was originally called "Manic-Depressive Illness (MDI)/Manic Depression", and was changed in the late 1900s'.

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BrXad TIL the Pyramids were not built built by slaves and that many experts agree were made by many elite, skilled workers.
GYAa4 TIL EA offered Benjamin Burnley, vocalist of Breaking Benjamin money to praise Star Wars: Battlefront 1 on social media during it's first release. He said he'd try it, and give his honest opinion. He ended up hating it so much that he broke the disk and refused to take their money.
Avmn TIL Kurt Russell was the civilian pilot who witnessed the infamous mass UFO sighting in Phoenix Arizona in 1997 (AKA the “Phoenix Lights”)
l7xPB TIL about the Children’s Crusade, where thousands of European children thought that God would allow them to take over Jerusalem, even though 3 previous crusades had failed
mxOBv TIL about the Battle of Hayes Pond, an armed confrontation between Lumbee Native Americans and the KKK in which the Lumbee were successful in disrupting the klan rally and ending significant KKK activity in the southern region of North Carolina.