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TIL that all of the galaxies, stars, planets, atoms - everything we can see only make up about 4-5% of our universe

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ADWkx TIL the French Foreign Minister was shot dead in 1934 when a revolutionary opened fire. It wasn't revealed until 1974 that the revolutionary missed and the Minister was really killed by a police officer aiming for the revolutionary.
OoNK1 TIL The Postmaster General received a letter in 1913 inquiring about the appropriate way to wrap a baby; the customer noted that the Post Office was more trustworthy than the privately owned companies it competed against, which would be too “rough in handling.”
BrAvb TIL that Andrew Wood, lead singer for grunge band Mother Love Bone, died before reaching stardom. Upon his death, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and his friend Eddie Vedder collaborated with the band and created the album Temple of the Dog. Vedder then stayed with the band and created Pearl Jam.
X019P TIL of the Schön scandal, concerning physicist Jan Hendrik Schön, who rose to prominence after a series of breakthroughs with semiconductors that made him in contention for the Nobel prize. It was later discovered that all his research was completely fraudulent.
J1rek TIL about Peter Hagendorf a German mercenary who fought during the 30 years war and kept a diary. In it he casually describes the death of several of his children, being shot and abducting women.