Tabs being restored after closing them

Ever since i upgraded to one of the recent FF versions, i noticed this rather odd behaviour.
Lets say i have tab 1, followed by tabs 2-10 open. I close tab 1. At some point, i'm not sure when exactly, but i will notice that tab 1 is open again, but it will be positioned as the last tab.
What's going on here? I have no addons that could do this.

You can check for problems with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the Firefox profile folder that store session data.
Delete the sessionstore.js file and possible sessionstore-##.js files with a number and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox profile folder.
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Open Directory)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost and you will have to recreate them (make a note or bookmark them).

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*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Open Directory)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
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