London Had a Gin Craze, and it was… Crazy No, we’re not kidding you. If you think that Londoners are obsessed with gin now, try London in the 18th century. It’s a little-known fun fact about London that the city officially went through a period called the Gin Craze between 1720...
London: The capital city has many attractions. London’s Shard skyscraper is the tallest building on the European continent with 310 m/ 1,015 ft. in height. London at the River Thames and the Shard skyscraper Edinburgh: The capital city of Scotland since 1437 is known for its castle and t...
Following a dispute between the Southbank Centre (which owns the land beneath one of the struts) and the London Eye, a 25-year lease was agreed on 8 February 2006. As part of the lease agreement, the London Eye provides the South Bank Centre (a publicly funded charity) with at least ...
There's nothing random about the Japanese way of doing things, it seems. When planning to build the Tokyo Skytree, the nation's tallest communications tower, designers decided upon the height of 634m for a very specific reason. In Japanese, the digits of the number read as “mu-sa-shi....
situated north-west of the European continent. England shares land boundary with Wales in the west, Scotland in the north. Irish Sea bounds England in the northwest and the North Sea in the north. London is the capital city of England. It covers an area of 130,279 sq km (50,301 sq ...
One of London's most popular attractions and the world's oldest scientific zoos, the ZSL London Zoo houses 698 species of animals, with over 20,000 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. Located in Regents Park, it's a fun, fascinating and peaceful ...
(approximately 4.3 USD) per square feet a month, or 50 USD per sq ft a year, it's considered the highest in Malaysia, globally it's not as high as some skyscrapers in western countries, for comparison, the rental price of The Shard in London is 121 USD per sq ft a year,One World...
20) Everest is over 28 times taller than the Shard (London’s highest building). 21) If mountains were measured from base to summit, rather than height above sea level, then Everest would fall behind Hawaii’s Mauna Kea in the world’s tallest mountain stakes. Most of Mauna Kea is under...
Ryugyong Hotel is designed in a shape of pyramid, it's the tallest pyramid-shaped skyscraper in the world, surpassing the Shard inLondonand Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. Ryugyong Hotel is best known for its gigantic appearance, before the completion ofAbraj Al Bait in Mecca, Ryugyong ...
Oil-richQatar is the richest country in the worldbefore Luxemburg, although it is one of the smallest countries in the world. In fact, the people in Qatar are the richest in the world and rich Qatari own property around the world. Many famous buildings in London/England such asThe Shardan...