SPLENDID THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE VISITING LONDON

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)