Odd and Interesting Facts...

London Is The Smallest City In England. It's known as the square mile. If you are on one of the underground trains and see a station named, Moorgate, it's named after one of the original seven gates of the city wall. The others are Aldgate, Aldersgate, Bishopsgate, Cripplegate, Ludgate & Newgate.

What you think of London is actually just a small urban area part of the Greater London region. The city of London covers only 1.2 square miles and has a population of around 7,500 residents. As such, the city of London is actually the smallest city in England. Greater London, on the other hand, is an English region, which encompasses surrounding towns covering 606 square miles and having a population of over 8.7 million residents.
 
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Some years back, I was working on a tanker that was under contract to the Navy. We were carrying high-grade jet fuel and enroute to discharge in Singapore. About 12-hours before hitting the dock, the captain called a crew meeting.

We gathered in the officer's mess and the Old Man handed out some papers. ' These are things that are against the law in Singapore. Get caught breaking any one of 'em, and you'll go to jail. This ship ain't waiting on you and you're on your own."

The list had about 75 or so infractions. I remember that chewing gum in public was one and exiting a cab into traffic was another. We were good. The entire crew sailed with the vessel.
 
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