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TIL There’s 3 different cities named Murfreesboro.

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1a8l8 Ozone holes open over the South Pole every year. Holes at the North Pole are much, much rarer but scientists have detected what may be the largest hole in the ozone layer ever recorded over the North Pole. Fortunately, the hole looks likely to close on its own in the next few weeks, the European Space Agency researchers said.
OolW1 TIL Not one year has gone by since 1983 without brand new commercial software written for the NES. (skip to 34:15 for a summary of how)
rRD9y TIL that Boxing star Tommy Morrison at the age of 13 got a fake ID and started fighting in “tough man” competitions in which you needed to be 21 to enter. He only lost one of those fights.
JYagk TIL in 2004, Seth Putnam -- vocalist of the grindcore band Anal C**t, whose offensive song titles included "You're Gay" and "You're in a Coma" -- overdosed and ironically lapsed into a brief coma. He later stated that actually being in a coma "was just as gay [and] fuckin' stupid as I wrote it was."
M7OLK TIL St. James Davis, a former NASCAR driver, survived an attack by two escaped chimpanzees after having his nose, foot, testicles, and most of his fingers chewed off