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TIL that the Ozone layer is healing and is likely to heal fully by 2060.

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4k6rb TIL that approximately 1,000 copies of the Ultimate Toy Box edition of the movie Toy Story 2 were shipped with a processing error that included a scene from an R-rated film 'High Fidelity', which featured the usage of the word "F**k" several times.
X0M4P TIL NASA astronauts use a pen called the 'space pen' that worked in extreme heat/cold and atmospheres from pure oxygen to vacuum. Using graphite is dangerous as it could break off the pencil and cause harm to both the astronaut and equipment
7roDP TIL- Private Baker and his comrades came under attack by a Japanese force. Baker was hit early. His comrades left him propped against a tree and gave him a pistol, which had eight bullets, American forces retook the position, they found the pistol, and eight dead Japanese soldiers around Baker.
LDGQ TIL William Herschel discovered Uranus and two of its major moons, Titania and Oberon and discovered two moons of Saturn which were Mimas and Enceladus. He was also the first person who discovered infrared radiation. In addition, he composed twenty-four symphonies, and many other musical pieces.
5g09 TIL that there was a comic series about fixing the collateral damage caused by superheroes