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TIL that by 2075 the ozone layer is expected to have fully recovered.

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1a4dV TIL that United Airlines operated daily "men only" flights between New York and Chicago from 1953 to 1970
699pw TIL that the northernmost point of land on earth is a small island off the coast of Greenland, 83-42, named after its latitude of 83 degrees 42 minutes north, but its official recognition is still pending due to its very small size.
PYyxV TIL the last bursts of light in the universe will not be visible from any of the other last remaining stars. The distances will be so large that the photons will decay before crossing them.
gZ59 TIL - Stephen King took one of his novels out of print – “Rage” about a boy who kills two teachers and takes his Algebra class hostage.
4XNVR TIL Keith Richards wrote the guitar lick for "Satisfaction" and recorded it on a Philips cassette recorder while sleepwalking. When he woke up the next day, he had no idea he had written it until he heard the recording of about two minutes of guitar and "then me snoring for the next forty minutes"