Recently, a British Airways Boeing 747 set a new sub-sonic record for a flight between New York’s JFK and London’s Heathrow airports. The jumbo jet maxed out at 825 mph while riding a 200 mph jet stream tailwind to arrive in 4 hours and 56 minutes. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/storm-ciara-flight-record-new-york-london-time-atlantic-winds-british-airways-a9325396.html
In the late 1600s, London was plagued by a sexual attacker, dubbed ‘Whipping Tom’, who would spank his victims with his hand or sometimes a rod and shout ‘Spanko!’ before running away. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipping_Tom
In 2014, some 4,000 black taxi cab drivers brought parts of London to a standstill, protesting against Uber. Ironically, this led to an 850% increase in downloads of Uber on the day. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27799938
A London commuter received a settlement of over $32,000 from Network Rail after they “possibly” slipped on pigeon poop at Paddington train station. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-49256251
In 2012, at a pop up shop in London’s St. Bart’s Pathology Museum, STD decorated cupcakes were showcased in an effort to promote safe sex. The cupcakes feature scabs, boils, green-colored genital discharge and warts. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2012/10/09/std-cupcakes-cancer-cookies-and-marshmallow-brain-created-by-baker-596315/
Jerry Springer was born in Highgate tube station in London while it was being used as a bomb shelter during World War 2.
The city of London pays taxes to the queen for a land no one knows where – WTF fun facts
