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The original was posted on /r/factorio by /u/Wiwiweb on 2024-10-14 16:46:24+00:00.
This may change in the future, but as of the current version, Factoriopedia (the in-game encyclopedia) shows everything from the get-go, with no option to hide un-researched things like Recipe Book and FNEI could do. All items, all entities, all enemies.
In addition, there are menu simulations (the animated backgrounds) for every planet. If you were hoping to discover planets on your own, it's very difficult to avoid learning about them ahead of time, unless you disable menu simulations and don't use Factoriopedia.
For example, the very first menu simulation that loaded on my first time launching Space Age was a Vulcanus menu, and that's how I found out about FFF #429 before even starting a game...
This was brought up a few times in playtester feedback but the general feedback return was (paraphrasing) "Factorio doesn't do spoilers, you can see the entire tech tree from the start, it's important to know things in advance to plan for them."
Though this could be patched in the future, for now I've made a mod that hides menu simulations and Factoriopedia pages from other planets, and lets you un-hide them one-by-one when you want to in the mod's settings.
You can bookmark it now (the button next to Download) to find it more easily in-game on release.