SPLENDID THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE VISITING LONDON
Added on: 6th Jul 2016
IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM TEXTING
DURING MOVIES THE PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA
HIRED "NINJAS" THAT STOOD IN THE BACK OF
THE THEATRE AND SCARED PEOPLE WHO
WERE BEING DISRUPTIVE
A LONDON BURGER KING SELLS A £95 BURGER THAT
INCLUDES INGREDIENTS LIKE WHITE TRUFFLE
RUDOLF WALTER RICHARD HEB, A NAZI POLITICIAN
WAS THE LAST PRISONER TO BE HELD AT BOTH
THE TOWER OF LONDON AND SPANDAU PRISON
IN GERMANY
THE CITY OF LONDON ACTUALLY HAS LESS THAN
8,000 RESIDENTS AND IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST
CITIES IN THE UK. GREATER LONDON INCLUDES ALL
OF THE DISTRICTS SURROUNDING THE CITY.
ITS POPULATION IS IN THE MILLIONS AND IS WHAT
PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD
"LONDON" EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT TECHNICALLY
A CITY
DURING THE 18TH CENTURY PEOPLE WOULD PAY TO
WATCH INMATES AT BEDLAM ASYLUM. AND ON
TUESDAYS ENTRY WAS FREE
IN 1251 THE KING OF NORWAY GAVE KING HENRY III
A POLAR BEAR. THE KING KEPT IT ON A REALLY
LONG CHAIN IN THE TOWER OF LONDON SO
IT COULD SWIM IN THE RIVER
A STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON IN TRAFALGAR
SQUARE STANDS ON SOIL THAT WAS IMPORTED
FROM THE US IN ORDER TO HONOUR THE PROMISE
NEVER TO STEP FOOT ON BRITISH SOIL AGAIN
SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY THAT ENTER THE PORT
OF LONDON ARE STILL REQUIRED TO GIVE THE
CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER A BOTTLE OF RUM
(ACCORDING TO LAWS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED)
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