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TIL a scientist stationed in Antarctica managed to score a match through Tinder with a woman camping 45 minutes away.

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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.
a8kv9 TIL: The government of the European microstate San Marino made United States President Abraham Lincoln an honorary citizen. He wrote in reply, saying that the republic proved that "government founded on republican principles is capable of being so administered as to be secure and enduring"
rRAno TIL there’s an Australian street artist named “Wanksy” who draws large penises on potholes in order to convince the city council to fix them.
VEJk TIL the creator of WinRar, Ron Dwight, passed away in 2002.
l71N5 TIL that almost all of the buildings that collapsed in the Great Hanshin (Kobe) 1995 earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku (Fukushima) earthquake were built before the 1981 “shin-taishin”, or New Earthquake Resistant Building Standard Amendment, was enacted.