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TIL that before the handover UK official discussed about moving 5.5m Hong Kong residents to Magilligan, Northern Ireland

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VBE68 TIL there was a psychiatric hospital in Utah that created a haunted house for the public during Halloween season well into the 1990’s.
GY9X1 TIL After an MIT student discovered a security flaw in Bostons subway fare collection system. Instead of fixing the problem the city sued the student and newspapers who reported it, then tried to have a Judge hold the student in contempt of court if he publicly spoke about the security flaw.
ZpdZa TIL that in 2013 while promoting a new album, Katy Perry, when asked what was in her purse by a fan, said that it used to have locks of hair from Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga in it, that she got while sharing a dressing room at the Grammys with them. She also put little bows on each lock of hair.
R4D1 TIL that China has built a new skyscraper every five days, more than 30 airports, metros in 25 cities, the three longest bridges in the world, more than 6,000 miles of high speed railway lines and 26,000 miles of motorway, all in the last 5 years.
djLB TIL of Kowloon Walled City – a bygone, ungoverned Chinese city with a population density of over 3 million people per square mile