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On 26 October 1958 BOAC started its first scheduled jet airliner service from London to New York #LondonTrivia
In 1850 to deal with London’s sewage problem it was proposed building a system in spokes feeding raw effluent into shops to sell to farmers #LondonTrivia
On 24 October 2004 Arsenal’s record beating unbeaten run of 49 Premiership games ended when they were beaten 2-0 by Manchester United #LondonTrivia
The law states: No person who knows he is suffering from a notifiable disease shall enter a cab without previously notifying the driver #LondonTrivia
In an attempt to clean up London, an Act of 1829 means that you could be fined £200 if beat your carpets outside in the street before 8am #LondonTrivia
The 1,800 people a year granted The Freedom of The City of London can if they should wish herd a gaggle of geese down Cheapside #LondonTrivia
Such was its worldwide renown that in the early days of the Savoy Hotel the house orchestra was led by Johann Strauss #LondonTrivia
The Duke of Wellington has the unique honour of having two equestrian statutes of him erected in central London #LondonTrivia
An Italian dishwasher at the Savoy Hotel was so inspired by the quality of the guests he started the company bearing his name - Guccio Gucci #LondonTrivia
Early rear view mirrors in taxis couldn’t be adjusted allegedly to prevent drivers from ogling the legs of their lady passengers #LondonTrivia
On 16 October 1959 Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp was born in St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Smithfield #LondonTrivia
Camden painted yellow outlines of squatting dogs with arrows on its pavements telling dogs to use the gutter it’s not clear they understood #LondonTrivia
Pall Mall was the first street in England to be lit by gas by the splendidly named New Patriotic Imperial and National Light and Gas Company #LondonTrivia
Of the 700,000 dogs in London 10,000 each year end up at Battersea Dogs Home where contrary to urban myth only the old and dangerous are destroyed #LondonTrivia
The world’s first jigsaw was created in 1761 by London engraver John Spilsbury by cutting them out by hand and naming them “dissected maps” #LondonTrivia
Landseer copied the forepaws of a domestic moggie for his lions at the base of Nelson’s Column #LondonTrivia
The London taxi must have a turning circle no more than 25ft to enable it to U-turn from a cab rank #LondonTrivia
Lords Cricket Museum includes a stuffed bird who was struck dead by a ball from a well hit six in the1930s #LondonTrivia
On 8 October 1965 Britain got its tallest building when the Post Office Tower (renamed BT) topped out at 580ft plus 70ft for the radio mast #LondonTrivia
London’s first gas-powered traffic lights on Parliament Square in 1868 blew up killing a policeman and caused cavalry horses to stampede #LondonTrivia