30 unexpected facts about London

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London population speaks more than 300 languages

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The Olympic Games were held here three times, in 1908, 1948 and 2012

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Cock Lane Lane, located next to Holborn Viadact, was the only street in medieval times to legally engage in prostitution. Hence the name

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Next to the lane is The Viaduct Tavern Pub, where rumored to be haunted

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Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Reception Desk
the largest number of injuries in London,
obtained during the removal of seeds from avocados

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Mayfair was named after the May Fair, which moved to Shepherd Market Square from Haymarket in 1686 and was canceled at the request of local residents in 1764

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At Tyburn Monastery nearby
20 nuns live in Hyde Park

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When London hosted the Olympics in 1908, the Russian team was 12 days late. Russia at that time still used the Julian calendar, and England had already switched to the Gregorian.

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Until 1907, buses to
London were colorful

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Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker wrote the song “59 Lyndhurst Grove” after being kicked out of a party at this address

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The smallest monument in London is located on Philpot Lane. This is a sculpture depicting two mice with cheese

— 12 —
Touch the pelicans
in saint james park
illegally

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In the Palace of Westminster, where parliamentary meetings are held, 6 restaurants and 8 bars. The prices are low – thanks to taxpayers

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The statue of George Washington at the National Gallery stands on the soil brought from Virginia. The fact is that the first American president once declared that his foot would never set foot on “British soil”

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Arsenal is the only London
soccer team honoring
which called the metro station

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Blackfriars is the only station with exits on both sides of the Thames

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And also in the London Underground there are many abandoned stations that are used for filming movies and – sometimes! – private parties. Among them are Strand (closed in 1994), Brompton Road (1934) and Down Street (1932)

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In the past, London bore the names Londinium, Augustus, Lundenwick and Lundenburh

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Lives in london
10,000 wild foxes

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At the beginning of the seventeenth century, 20% of all women in London earned prostitution

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3 babies were born
in the London Underground

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Since 1847, you can’t fly kites in the streets of London

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The City District has special privileges: it has its own laws and its own police, and the monarch can enter the City only with the permission of the Lord Mayor (do not confuse with the Mayor of London)

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Harrods sold drugs until 1916

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Hyde Park has
cemetery
pets

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Under the dome of the O2 arena, Cheops’s pyramid and the Statue of Liberty can fit

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You can’t go to Parliament
go in armor

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Peter Pan is owned by Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. The hospital receives deductions for any production or publication of a work

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Aldgate metro station built
over mass burial

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The geographical center of London at St. Martin’s Church near Trafalgar Square. You can find it on the tablet