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TIL: In 1990 a courier was robbed on a street in London, England. The robber made off with bearer bonds to the value of £292 million. Today, this is equivalent to £758 million – or $1.086 billion USD. This is still the highest amount ever stolen in a street robbery.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 1:21 pm

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TIL: England Holds World’s First National State Lottery on January 11, 1569 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 8:28 pm

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A London lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by an Irish Garda.

by cringeyjokesman August 30, 2022, 3:19 pm

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My friend works as a cab driver in London

by cringeyjokesman August 27, 2022, 9:26 pm

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TIL that by the time the place of origin for pepper had been located, the East India Company was chartered in 1601. By 1603, the EIC brought a million pounds of black pepper (1/4 the total demand in Europe) back to London

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 1:53 am

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TIL Lloyd Scott set the record for slowest ever London Marathon time in 2002. It took him five days, eight hours, 29 minutes & 46 seconds. He wore a 130lb antique deep-sea diving suit while completing the marathon

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 7:57 pm

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Apparently, someone in London gets stabbed every 52 seconds

by cringeyjokesman August 11, 2022, 7:30 pm

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TIL that the Air Ministry imposed a blackout of all man made lights across London because they forecasted they would be targeted for night time air raids. This was before war was declared.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 2:50 am

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TIL that in 1878, the passenger steamer SS Princess Alice sunk on the Thames right where 75 million gallons of London’s raw sewage had just been discharged. 16 of the survivors later died from ingesting the water. In response, London immediately starting shipping its sewage out to sea for dumping.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 5:13 pm

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TIL that the Secret operations executive had an exhibition of spy gadgets in the natural history museum, London. 1942

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 2:15 pm

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A young Geordie lad moved to London and went to Harrods looking for a job. The manager asked “Do you have any sales experience?” The young man answered “Aye, I was a canny salesman back in Newcastle.”

by cringeyjokesman July 23, 2022, 9:20 am

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A strain of letters in London 1846.

by CopyPastaArchive July 23, 2022, 5:05 am

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