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TIL that the earths ozone layer is on track to healing completely within 50 years.

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oB7br TIL that when Spielberg re-enrolled at Cal State 16 years ago, they gave him 3points credit in paleontology for his work on Jurassic Park.
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ANoB4 TIL that in Japan, there's a Pokémon fossil museum that you can also explore from your cell phone or computer.
jXgX TIL that for a small fee you can cuddle with baby giant pandas in China.
kObY1 TIL that the !Kung people, a society of hunter-gatherers in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, do not know their own ages or years of birth. This is because they have little use for numbers that are not of immediate practical value.