Turns out that today's date is a palindrome (02/02/2020)

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Newspaper headlines: 'No EU concessions' and 'Johnson's private fury'

Sunday's papers preview Boris Johnson's vision for the UK's future relationship with the European Union.
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'Rarest of palindromes'
Finally, the Sunday Times suggests numerologists, statisticians and anyone else beguiled by "oddball integers" will want to celebrate Sunday's date.
It points out that 2 February 2020 - when set out in numbers - becomes the rarest of palindromes, whether the day or month is written first. For instance, 02/02/2020 reads the same forwards and backwards. And - it says - there won't be another like it until 12/12/2121.
One other fact of note about Sunday's date, the paper adds: it is the 33rd day of a leap year, with 333 days of 2020 left.
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Not a global palindrome today (12/02/2021), but still worthy of note:
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What's a Palindrome Day?

On a palindrome day, the date's digits can be read the same backwards and forwards. Some palindrome dates are rare.
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Today’s Date Is A Palindrome And An Ambigram

<p>February 12, 2021. A fairly ordinary date when the month is written out, but turn it all into numbers and it becomes something much more special. Okay, ‘much more special’ might be pushing it a little, but noteworthy dates only come along once in a while, so we may as well make the most of...
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