London's "Big Ben" is not the tower. It's the bell inside it.
A Beer Wave of 388,000 Gallons (or 1.4m L) flooded London in 1814 after a huge vat ruptured.
About half a million mice live in the London Underground.
In 1891, London built a structure designed tosurpass the Eiffel Tower in height. It was unsteady, never completed anddemolished in 1907.
Today's British accent first appeared among London's upper class around the time of the American Revolution. Before that, the British accent was similar to that of Americans.
In London,it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament
40% of Greater London is green space.
London has 72 billionaires, the most of any city.
over 300 languages are spoken in London, one of the most diverse cities in the world.
If London's Big Ben was built today, it would cost about US$222,000.
