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TIL that only 100 years ago, we (humans) thought that the "Milky Way" and the "Universe" were the same thing, until Edwin Hubble determined that there were "other" galaxies.

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OEN4 TIL a flock of passenger pigeons 1 mi (1.5 km) wide and 300 mi (500 km) long was once spotted in southern Ontario. The flock took 14 hours to pass overhead and held in excess of 3.5 billion birds.
RPjw TIL of Agloe, a town that was made up by map-makers for copyright purposes. Then a store was built there and the owners called it the Agloe General Store, based on the name on their map. Because a store was built there, the fake town was regarded as real decades after the store went out of business.
VMen0 TIL that Bon Jovi holds the record for the band with the most Top 10 singles never to reach Number 1, with 18 Top 10s.
x6V7b TIL Werwolf was a Nazi plan to create a resistance force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany.
195P TIL phantom phone vibrations are real, and are better characterized as a tactile hallucination.