AWESOME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE VISITING LONDON
Added on: 2nd May 2016
THE OLYMPICS IN 2012 SAW THE BIGGEST MILITARY
PRESENCE IN LONDON SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II
DRIVING IN LONDON DURING THE DAY OFTEN
REQUIRES YOU TO PAY A "CONGESTION FEE".
SOME PEOPLE APPARENTLY AVOID THIS BY
REGISTERING THEIR CARS AS PRIVATE TAXIS
AND NOT PICKING PEOPLE UP
DURING THE 18TH CENTURY, NEARLY ONE OUT OF
EVERY FIVE WOMEN IN LONDON WAS EMPLOYED
AS A PROSTITUTE
LONDON HAS AROUND 20 SUBTERRANEAN RIVERS
FLOWING BENEATH ITS STREETS
IN 1931 THE TIMES OF LONDON CAME UP WITH THE
TIMES NEW ROMAN TYPEFACE WHEN THEY WERE
ACCUSED OF USING UGLY AND DATED FONTS
THE SCIENTIST THAT DESIGNED THE V2 ROCKET FOR
THE GERMANS (WERNHER VON BRAUN) ALWAYS
WANTED TO GO TO SPACE. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS
ROCKET WAS INSTEAD USED AS A WEAPON. AFTER
THE BOMBING OF LONDON HE WAS FAMOUS FOR
NOTING THAT "THE ROCKET WORKED PERFECTLY
EXCEPT FOR LANDING ON THE WRONG PLANET"
IN ORDER TO BECOME A TAXI DRIVER IN LONDON
YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE EVERY SINGLE STREET
AND PASS A TEST CALLED "THE KNOWLEDGE".
IT ALLEGEDLY TAKES SEVERAL YEARS TO
MEMORIZE THE ENTIRE CITY
THE 1908 RUSSIAN OLYMPIC TEAM DIDN'T GET TO
LONDON ON TIME BECAUSE THEY HADN'T YET
SWITCHED TO USING THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR
LONDON IS A MINORITY MAJORITY CITY. THIS IS
BECAUSE AS OF 2011 LESS THAN HALF OF
THE POPULATION IS WHITE (49.9%).
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