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TIL that London has so many trees that it can be classified as a forest

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LMaZ TIL Deep Roy, the one actor who played all the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was required to do so many different takes for the film the Screen Actor’s Guild determined each Oompa Loompa was a seperate performance and he was paid $1,000,000 for his work.
7rrpL TIL about the Nissan S Cargo. (Yes, it looks like a snail)
N7l5P TIL that the British colony of New South Wales originally included what is now New Zealand, the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, and Norfolk Island
Dp1g TIL the “X” in “Weapon X”, often used to refer to Wolverine during the time he was being experimented on, is actually the roman numeral for 10. The Weapon X project also produced Sabertooth and Deadpool, and Weapon I produced Captain America.
6Blm TIL a dentist named Edgar Parker legally changed his first name to “Painless”, when he was accused of breaking a false advertisement law by claiming that his dentistry was truly painless.