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TIL Disney almost bought Universal Studios back in the early 2000s

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XELR TIL that in 1961, only 10% of physicians thought it was correct to tell a patient about a fatal cancer diagnosis
7rN5O TIL about the Mere-Exposure Effect, a phenomenon in which people tend to develop preferences for stimuli that are familiar or constantly presented. Stimuli can be people, visuals, words, sounds, etc., and influence interpersonal relationships and advertising.
79X7 TIL that Earth is only just inside the habitable zone by 1%. We very nearly too close to the sun to ever have life as we know it.
D1xpe TIL that Area 51 wasn't confirmed to actually exist by the US Government until 2013.
vPBeD TIL since 1881 people have been working on the Swiss Idiotikon a dictionary of Swiss German words. The word "Idiotikon" is a term derived from the Greek idios "separate, proper, private" for a dictionary that lists the vocabulary "peculiar" to a particular landscape.