Every place in the world has a history that distinguishes it, as well as some facts about it, and if you decide to visit a city one day, you have to know those facts. Our date with the city of London, which has some interesting and strange facts, is also known.
1. The 2012 Olympic Games saw the largest military presence in London since the end of World War II.
2. "congestion charges" are required during the day in the event of traffic congestion.
3. London has about 20 underground rivers below its streets.
4. The world that designed the V2 for the Germans (Werner von Braun) wanted to direct it to space, but unfortunately it was used as a weapon. After the bombing of London, his famous statement said: "The rocket has completed its work completely except that it landed on the wrong planet"
5 - To become a taxi driver in London, must be saved all the streets of the city, and pass the test of the so-called «knowledge»!
6. The Russian Olympic team was unable to reach London in 1908 because it had not yet been converted to use the Gregorian calendar
7. Since 2011, London has been a predominantly minority city. Where less than half of the population is white by 49.9%.
8. In Prince Charles Cinema, I hire people known as "ninja" whose role is to prevent people from talking and communicating via text messages during the screening.
9. London has less than 8,000 inhabitants and is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom.
10. In 2008, when drinking alcohol in public transport was about to become banned, most of the passengers sat on the subway and drank beer until the ban began.
11. An estimated half a million mice live in the London Underground.
12. Contrary to popular belief, Big Ben's is not the entire tower, but part of it, where the bell inside the tower is called Big Ben. The tower is called the "Elizabeth Tower"
