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TIL The ozone hole, which was first spotted 25 years ago, is close to closing

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W7mL TIL that a mathematically viable explanation for the complete indistinguishability of electrons is that they are all the same particle moving forward and backward through time
8ROP TIL there is a strip club in Boise, Idaho that hands out sketch pads to customers because of a loop hole stating that public nudity may only be acceptable in the state provided it had artistic merit. (Scroll to #3)
7Dmb TIL that Billie Piper (the actress who played Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) divorced from her wealthy husband, she opted not to claim any money from him, stating, “I’m not taking a penny from him, I think that’s disgusting.”
PNlg TIL Emily the cow escaped from a slaughterhouse minutes before her turn at the abattoir, wandered for 40 days eluding capture, went on to live for 8 more years before getting a memorial on her grave
D170e TIL Some organisms besides humans have passed the mirror test which scientists say suggests they have "self-awareness".