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TIL that believing your memory is good will help you have good memory

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bV0N TIL the United States unintentionally landed a probe on Venus. One of the four atmosphere probes of the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe mission made it to the surface intact and transmitted information for over an hour.
0daAp TIL butter sold on the west coast comes in shorter and wider sticks compared to butter sold east of the Rocky Mountains
1BNO TIL a male tiger almost always win in a fight against a male lion because it is bigger, has longer fangs, better muscle density, more agile, more powerful bite force and can stand on its powerful hindlegs allowing for both-paws swipe while the lion cannot.
NXndJ TIL about Nigersaurus, a dinosaur that had more than 500 teeth which were replaced every 14 days.
4ypb TIL that the Joint Chiefs of Staff planned a series of terrorist attacks on US cities, and wanted to blame Cuba, so they could invade it (more links in the comments).