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Like most bells, the bell inside Big Ben doesn't have a name. That would be stupid. However, for the purposes of the daily royalty cheque it receives from ITV for supplying its famous 'bongs' to News at Ten, it's known as 'Mr. Bellamy'.
The 'fancy restaurant' to which Prince refers in 'Nothing Compares 2 U', the hit he wrote for Sinead O'Connor, is this Angus Steakhouse on Shaftesbury Avenue.'I can eat whatever I choose.'
The Central Line is the only 'wraparound' line on the London Underground. Intrepid commuters who stay on the train passed Epping in the east will suddenly find themselves at Ealing Broadway - some 27 miles to the west - in the blink of an eye. They will also find that two cherries have been added to their Oyster card. They are worth 50 points.
Streatham Hill is the ex-pope capital of the world. Five former pontiffs are currently spending their retirement in the south London borough. Every Tuesday they all get together and enter a team in the Horse & Groom's pub quiz. They usually play their joker in the 'Cassocks and Cassockry' round.
Ex-popes Pius IX and John Paul II on their way to Somerfield to get some tins in.
Ex-popes Pius IX and John Paul II on their way to Somerfield to get some tins in.
Rainbows are banned from the skies above Kensington & Chelsea. The local authority believes the presence of leprechauns could adversely affect house prices.
An illegal rainbow above a block of Kensington flats on 3 March 2005. The optical phenomenon was later shot down by police marksmen.
(Source image: Holly Hayes, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0)
An illegal rainbow above a block of Kensington flats on 3 March 2005. The optical phenomenon was later shot down by police marksmen.
(Source image: Holly Hayes, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0)
The famous rotating sign of New Scotland Yard spins faster the higher the crime rate. The ultimate aim of the Metropolitan Police is to get the sign to stop - or better still, spin backwards, allowing the force to disband and ushering in an age of benign anarchy.
(Photo: Ian Kershaw, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0)
(Photo: Ian Kershaw, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0)
