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TIL that normal matter only makes up 5 percent of the total Universe

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gM5e8 TIL George Lucas' choice of John Williams as the composer for Star Wars was due to a recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who worked with Williams on the film 'Jaws'
l75jB TIL about the Sea Spider, a deep sea arthropod native to all of the world's oceans. The Sea Spider, which can grow to the size of a housecat, uses its proboscis to suck the guts of its soft-bodied prey. The prey sometimes survives this feeding, but in a weakened state.
LQO59 TIL that Penguins as we know them were named thus because they looked remarkably similar to Pinguinus Impennis. There's no relation. The OG Pinguinus Impennis were hunted to extinction in 1844.
6EPjJ TIL the author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving, was the first person to refer to New York as Gotham City in 1807. Irving borrowed the name from the Nottinghamshire village in England, which was reputedly inhabited by fools.
KYE6Q TIL The Magdalen Islands in Canada remained under French control since 1591 when French sailors discovered walrus there and settled. With Native support, the French were victorious against English who wanted to possess the islands and colonization projects were unsuccessful