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

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E1L0P TIL that Marius, a giraffe bred at Copenhagen Zoo was euthanized and publicly dissected at 2 years of age because they didn't want to breed him. He was then fed to lions. This was in spite of other Zoos offering to give Marius a permanent home.
6EWWZ TIL Mohammed Salameh, rented a van that he exploded in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He then tried 3 times to get his deposit back on the van. This led to his arrest.
nEwW TIL: Morgan Freeman played a singing vampire obsessed with vegetables on The Electric Company in the 70’s.
b64nj TIL David Cronenberg's early horror film, The Brood, was his answer to the optimistic divorce drama Kramer vs. Kramer released the same year. He also intentionally cast the main couple in the film to resemble Cronenberg and his wife. He considered it his "most cathartically satisfying film."
gr854 TIL your brain is able to make a decision for you seconds before you become aware of the fact that you are making a decision