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TIL the Sun holds 99.8% of our solar system's total mass!

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e0LK4 TIL about the inventor of Cosplay, Myrtle R. Douglas, aka Morojo. A Science Fiction fanzine editor, in 1939 she created costumes, based on an H.G. Wells movie, for her and her boyfriend to wear to the first World Science Fiction Convention. Within several years costumes became integral to Worldcon.
xdpw TIL that Big Bird’s “imaginary” friend, Snuffleupagus, was only outed as real to the adults on the series (after 17 seasons) due to a string of high-profile news stories about sexual abuse of children.
694wJ TIL In 2015, Planet Earth II attempted to capture the birthing grounds of Saiga Antelope, where hundreds of thousands gather. Instead, the crew witnessed a disease spread, killing 150,000 in three days.
BZJr TIL in the 1938 the Spanish created Abstract Art prison cells and used them to commit psychological torture.
5kA9 TIL Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name had to be translated into 68 languages, while still being an anagram for “I am Lord Voldemort”, or something of equal meaning.