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TIL the Galileo mission may have accidentally triggered a nuclear explosion on Jupiter

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0dMYA TIL that vast numbers of horses served in WW2 for transportation of troops and supplies. Germany used 2.75m and Russia used 3.5m.
nMOo TIL that there is no scientific basis for the Kübler-Ross “DABDA” model, aka the 5 stages of grief. The author herself insisted the stages didn’t all happen and not in any order. The model was embraced in pop culture because humans are naturally predisposed to explanations that tell a simple story.
wLVD1 TIL Gwen Stacy was killed off in the Spider-Man comics because Stan Lee was in a rush to get to a meeting in Europe; Wanting to get his writers out of his office, he told them, "If that's what you wanna do, okay," without realizing what he'd just agreed to. He came back to find Gwen dead.
BgLGD TIL that the anti-copyright infringement campaigns such as "You Wouldn't Download a Car" ad were so widely ridiculed that they may have actually encouraged people to pirate more
xPwb TIL A species of snail with a metallic armour of iron has been discovered living on the bases of a hydrothermal vent field in the Indian Ocean. Only living creature to have ax exoskeleton re-enforced with metal.