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TIL - the word 'cult' and 'cultist' were originally used to describe a 'faith healer'.

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kOE7B TIL that the Common Cold leads to almost $10 billion in doctor's visits and drugs per year. It is also responsible for almost 315 million sick days from school and work, costing over $20 billion and accounting for 40% of time lost from work.
Y761W TIL the number of enrolled college students in the US dropped by 14.4% from 2013 to 2023, and the decline is expected to get even worse starting in 2025 as lower birth rates lead to a big reduction in the college-age population
8eyYb TIL that of the 195 UN member and observer states, just 5 aren't party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Of these, 4 are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons, while the fifth is South Sudan.
ANmR4 TIL Sergio Leone raised $100m to produce & direct a movie set during the Siege of Leningrad with Robert De Niro playing an American journalist inside the city. It would have been the industry’s first-ever $100m production, but Leone passed away 48 hours before signing a contract to film on location.
VBLJB TIL George C. Scott called the Oscars "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons," and sent a telegram to the Academy telling them that he'd be refusing the award, and didn't even want his name on the ballot.