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TIL London is the largest urban forest in the world: with more than 8 million trees - about one for every Londoner - the capital of the UK is literally classified as a forest in its own right.

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QJ4R9 TIL that Toronto has a courier service that only employs individuals with developmental disabilities. Delivery costs are on par with other couriers and its clients include many of Toronto's biggest businesses.
JYQ8l TIL a dog was revealed in 1908 to be a fake hero. It was pushing children into the river Seine to rescue them and win beef steaks.
BgVxK TIL that 1,235 Canadian geese were rounded up and gassed to death after the famous incident of pilot Chesley Sullenberger ditching a passenger plane on the Hudson River with no fatalities, following a bird strike.
perN TIL Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg look so alike that they came to the agreement they’d just go with it when the fans got them confused.
KOk5J TIL how the severing the Corpus Callosum can change the way the halves of the brain communicate.