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TIL that the Viking 1 lander explored Mars for six years until human error during a software update caused its antenna to go down, terminating communication.

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Men6K TIL that for people that associate their personality with a brand, that if that brand has negative information come out about it, it hurts the person's self-image as much as if they'd had a personal failure.
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