10/ The City of London - traditionally marked by dragon boundary posts - is run by a corporation, though there is no surviving record of a charter first establishing the Corporation as a legal body.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation
Of course the Corporation does not have general authority over the Middle Temple and the Inner Temple, two of the four "Inns of Court"
It is odd historical exceptions ALL the way down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_boundary_mark
11/ London is sometimes still referred to as "The Big Smoke", a reference to the terrible pollution of the past, but these days the city is quite green
Indeed, it is classified as a forest.
50% of London is covered in green space, and an incredible 8 million trees are dotted across the capital.
In 2019, it was officially declared a National Park City.
https://nationalparkcity.london
#geoweirdness