In April 1755 after 9 years work and payment of 1,500 guineas Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language” was published in London #LondonTrivia
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On 1 April 1968, the Duke of Bedford who owns vast tracts of London was fined for undertaking on the M1 caught by his famous numberplate DOB1 #LondonTrivia
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On 31 March 1990 riots broke out in London as more than 100,000 people protested against Margaret Thatcher’s poll tax #LondonTrivia
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Westminster Bridge is painted green and Lambeth Bridge painted red they mirror the seats’ colour in the Chambers of the Commons and Lords #LondonTrivia
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St Bride’s Church steeple in Fleet Street was the inspiration for the bridal cake design by local baker Mr Rich, his design made him rich #LondonTrivia
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Given the Freedom of the City of London, you can insist if you’re sentenced to hang, the execution can only be carried out using a silk rope #LondonTrivia
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No thoroughfare is called a road in the City. Road is a corruption of the word ride and the streets of the City were too narrow for carriages #LondonTrivia
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Queen Victoria’s Memorial outside Buckingham Palace is called The Wedding Cake by cabbies as it still retains its whiteness after 100 years #LondonTrivia
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On 25 March 1947, Reginald Dwight was born in a council house at 55 Pinner Road he later adopted the name Elton John #LondonTrivia
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On 24 March 1947 businessman Alan Sugar (The Apprentice, Amstrad) was born in Hackney, East London #LondonTrivia
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The Fire of London destroyed: 87 churches Guildhall Royal Exchange Customs House 52 company halls 4 prisons 3 City gates 4 bridges 13000 houses #LondonTrivia
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On 22 March 2017 a terrorist drove at pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and stabbed a policeman outside Parliament, 5 died and dozens injured #LondonTrivia
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If you shout “Taxi” at a moving vehicle you have broken the law, you’re supposed to go to “a place appointed”, a cab rank to you and me #LondonTrivia
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The definition of a Londoner: one who has never been to Madame Tussaud’s - Craig Willis #LondonTrivia
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On 19 March 1958 Britain’s first planetarium opened at Madame Tussaud’s in London #LondonTrivia
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On 18 March 1958 the ‘coming of age’ ceremony of debutants being presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace took place for the last time #LondonTrivia
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On 17 March 1845 19th century British inventor and businessman, Stephen Perry, patented the rubber band in London (Patient No. 13880 (1845)) #LondonTrivia
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The Reform Club in Pall Mall is the fictional start for Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s book Around The World In Eighty Days later made into a film #LondonTrivia
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Playwright Ben Jonson couldn’t afford normal burial in Westminster Abbey determined by plot size was buried upright standing for an eternity #LondonTrivia
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The Savoy Hotel has a permanently lit gas lamp near the river entrance powered by methane gas from the sewers #LondonTrivia
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