The A-Z of Curious London

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Spooky, gruesome, weird but true things about one of the world's greatest cities come alive in The A-Z of Curious London. Discover London's tiniest house, a 4,000-year-old mouse made from Nile clay, and have a giggle at things people leave on London's transport (including false teeth, a human skull and a park bench — yes, really.) Why did a dentist keep his dead wife on view in a shop window? Where did a shopkeeper murder 150 customers? Which Queen showed her bosom to an Ambassador? Why was a man arrested for wearing a top hat? In the City proper, why is no thoroughfare called a road? To sum up, eccentrics, legends, folklore, murders, scandals, ghosts, incredible characters and oodles of wow factor, it's all here.

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Propietario de los derechos de autor: Bookwire
Publicación original: 2013
Año de publicación: 2013
Editorial: The History Press

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Laura Scompartió una citahace 7 años
The Waterlily House is also a listed building and dates back to 1852. It is Kew’s hottest and most humid environment, housing tropical, ornamental aquatic plants and climbers. There are Nymphaea waterlilies, a giant Victoria cruziana, sacred lotus, papyrus, gourds, loofah, as well as economically important plants including rice, bananas, taro, sugar cane and lemon grass.
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Laura Scompartió una citahace 7 años
In 1876, Kew was given 70,000 rubber tree seeds from the Amazon. Only 2,800 germinated, but from them, seedlings sent to Malaysia flourished, starting the massive rubber industry. There are also African oil palms, from which the oil can be pressed from the flesh to make soap and can
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Laura Scompartió una citahace 7 años
There are coffee bushes, jade vines, the Madagascar periwinkle and the coco de mer, which is the world’s largest seed and looks rather like a human bottom, weighing up to 30kg. The seed is native to the Seychelles and comes from a fan palm that grows only on the tiny island of Praslin.
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