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TIL London is technically a forest

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gMyEW TIL that software bugs in a radiation therapy machine were responsible for killing 3 people with high doses of radiation
j6ReE TIL History of paper clips
kJrpE TIL about the advert possession, a common law whereby you can claim ownership of a property if you squat there for long enough.
yQnRl TIL Millennium '73, a festival at the Houston Astrodome organized by the followers of 15-year-old guru Maharaj Ji, was promoted as "the most significant event in human history which would usher in a thousand years of peace." It featured big-band music and drew between 10,000 and 35,000 attendees.
M7Ow0 TIL there are only 3 places in the world which follow the GMT + XX:45 timezone: Nepal, Eucla in Australia, and Chatham Island in New Zealand.