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London in statistics #4

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If they were laid out end to end, all the dildos from all the sex shops in Soho would form a vibrating plastic line stretching along The Mall from Admiralty Arch to the gates of Buckingham Palace - a distance of 1094 yards.

Laying dildos end to end along The Mall is technically treason, as Roy Castle found to his cost whilst filming a Record Breakers Christmas special in 1985.
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Ceremonial Royal sex toys on parade at Princess Anne's wedding in 1973 - three years before the incident that led to their banishment from the realm.

(Source images: Michael Wilson, Alan Connor, Prometeo Rodríguez Lucero, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0)

London in statistics #3

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Safely stowed within its inhabitants, London contains 73, 680, 537 pints of human blood - that's enough human blood to power the Hoover Dam for 3.5 seconds.
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Londoners' blood could - briefly - be used to power the Hoover Dam. Luckily, US energy-usage forecasts predict that such measures will not be necessary until 2045.

London in statistics #2

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If Canary Wharf were laid on its side, it would take a London bus nine-and-a-half-minutes to drive its length. The fare would be £1.00.

A scheme to drag buses up the side of Canary Wharf on a winch was abandoned in 2003.

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The blueprint for the ambitious plan to drag London buses up the side of Canary Wharf. Despite its green credentials, the plan was dropped due to the seeds of doubt planted by the pair of crudely-drawn seagulls (pictured top left).

London in statistics #1

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If Nelson's Column were just 7,028,128 times taller, the famous stone admiral would bang his head on the Moon every 27.5 days. That's when our satellite is at its closest, or perigee.

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