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TIL three LEGO figurines representing Galileo and the gods Jupiter and Juno were sent aboard the Juno spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter.

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neBj7 TIL about "The Works", a 3D computer animated film in production from 1979-1986 by Computer Graphics Lab. It was planned to be released as the first entirely 3D CGI film in the early 80s (predating Pixar's Toy Story a decade) and run for 90 minutes, though only 10 minutes are known to exist.
KOB6R TIL of William Walker, an American lawyer who raised an army of 45 men and managed to conquered Baja California for a short time. He went on to try and conquer Nicaragua three times, once successfully. Later he tried to conquer some islands that were about to be returned to Honduras from Britain.
xJZ1 TIL when asked what happened to Carol Brady’s first husband, Florence Henderson would say “I killed him.”
LkRXV TIL that poultry farming is associated with 9 times higher pancreatic cancer risk
vPOER TIL Kerosene is used to extinguish fire in a bale of cotton