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TIL despite having more than twice the number of stars, the Andromeda galaxy is still not as dense as the Milky Way. We have more dark matter.

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W7YA8 TIL After the assassinations of his brothers President John F Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy; Senator Ted Kennedy lived the rest of his life in fear of being assassinated as well and would jump at loud noises and dive for cover at the sound of a car backfiring.
p8v8O TIL a documentary TV crew's search for exotic animals off of Australia's coast instead turned up a real-life island castaway
0wAgp TIL that Ahmad Shah Massoud led a resistance to the Taliban that protected 30% of Afghanistan's population. He promoted gender equality, had no reports of human rights abuses under his leadership, and warned about 9/11
xVJv0 TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
MeDdB TIL That China produces 58% of the world's peaches, amounting to 25 million tonnes of the fruit