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TIL that the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.

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jNnVn TIL That the U.S. has control over an island in the Indian Ocean which it got from the British who took it from Mauritius. It has a base on the island is named 'Footprint of Freedom' and the name of its camp is 'Camp Justice' while original inhabitants of the island are displaced from their homeland
XEEbR Short answer: Sort of. Call it a noseworm.
A5lx TIL a Starship Troopers anime was made in 1988
LKbm TIL there is no such thing as that dye that detects pee in the pool that you see in movies and TV. Its not real.
loZOB TIL director James Cameron completed one of the deepest dives in history into the depths of the Mariana Trench.