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TIL all things observable–the stars, planets and galaxies that can be seen today–make up just 4% of the universe. The other 96% is made of stuff astronomers can’t see, detect or even comprehend.

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oZVW TIL 70 years ago today Sophie Scholl was guillotined For treason. She led a heroic, though doomed, nonviolent resistance movement against the Nazis.The allies later dropped millions of copies of pamphlets she had written over Germany by plane.
wLgZ8 TIL the founder of Yankee Candle sold his company but later went into business with his son before his passing. Their company is Kringle Candle, down the road from the original Yankee factory.
grAmL TIL in 1986 while being filmed for the Bangles music video "Walk Like An Egyptian", Susanna Hoffs moved her eyes from side to side to look at certain members in the crowd to counter stage fright and had no idea that a close up of her doing so would become a focal point and iconic moment in the video
GAN64 TIL that E=mc^2 is not the full Einstein's equation and it only works for objects that aren't moving
R7Bj4 TIL that in The Big Lebowski, The Dude’s iconic jelly slippers were Jeff Bridges’ own shoes, along with several other items that The Dude is seen wearing. He still has the jelly shoes to this day.