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TIL that IKEA is a non-profit organization

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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.
4klE6 TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger had an older brother named Meinhard, who was killed in a car crash in 1971, while driving drunk. The brothers each have a son named Patrick Schwarzenegger.
eppkE TIL that Kjeragbolten is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Norway. It was left in a crevasse during the last ice age, suspended above a 3,228 ft deep abyss. It is accessible without any climbing equipment, and a popular site for BASE jumping.
6pkW TIL 9/11 responders are dying from inhalation of ground zero waste, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not let the Zadroga Act pass.
VBMxB TIL about "Uncleftish Beholding," an essay written in a version of English that removes loan words, especially scientific ones, from Latin, Greek, or French, and replaces them with real or invented terms using only words with Germanic roots. "Uncleftish Beholding" translates as atomic theory.