THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE VISITING LONDON
Added on: 16th Sep 2016
THE ORGANIZERS OF THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS
WANTED KEITH MOON TO BE ONE OF THE ACTS.
THEY REALIZED ONLY LATER THAT HE HAD ALREADY
BEEN DEAD FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES
THE NYPD (NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT) HAS
OFFICERS STATIONED IN LONDON
IN 2008, WHEN ALCOHOL ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT WAS
ABOUT TO BE BANNED, PASSENGERS SAT ALL DAY
ON THE SUBWAY DRINKING BEERS RIGHT UP
UNTIL THE BAN STARTED
AN ESTIMATED HALF A MILLION MICE LIVE
IN THE LONDON UNDERGROUND
THE CHRISTMAS TREE ON TRAFALGAR SQUARE IS
GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF LONDON EVERY YEAR BY
THE PEOPLE OF NORWAY FOR THEIR HELP
DURING WORLD WAR II
CHESS BOXING IS AN UP-AND-COMING SPORT IN LONDON.
JUST LIKE IT SOUNDS, PLAYERS ALTERNATE BETWEEN
ROUNDS OF CHESS AND ROUND OF BOXING
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, BIG BEN ISN'T A
TOWER. THE BELL INSIDE THE TOWER IS CALLED
BIG BEN. THE TOWER ITSELF IS ACTUALLY
CALLED THE ELIZABETH TOWER
IN 1814, AFTER A VAT RUPTURED, A WAVE OF BEER
FLOODED THE CITY KILLING 8 PEOPLE. IT IS
KNOWN AS THE LONDON BEER FLOOD
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