London

London is a city within the country of the United Kingdom. It is widely best known for being the capital city of the country and the Big Ben Clock Tower.

The city makes an appearance in the upcoming movie Peppermint: The Movie.

History
In 1993, the remains of a Bronze Age bridge were found on the south foreshore, upstream of Vauxhall Bridge. This bridge either crossed the Thames or reached a now lost island in it. Two of those timbers were radiocarbon dated to between 1750 BC and 1285 BC.

In 2010, the foundations of a large timber structure, dated to between 4800 BC and 4500 BC, were found on the Thames's south foreshore, downstream of Vauxhall Bridge. The function of the mesolithic structure is not known. Both structures are on the south bank where the River Effra flows into the Thames.

Trivia

 * London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region
 * London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement in Greenwich where the Royal Observatory, Greenwich defines the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time.
 * In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted three modern Summer Olympic Games.
 * It is the most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the busiest city airport system as measured by passenger traffic.
 * The London Natural History Society suggest that London is "one of the World's Greenest Cities" with more than 40 per cent green space or open water.
 * Among other inhabitants of London are 10,000 red foxes, so that there are now 16 foxes for every square mile (2.6 square kilometres) of London. These urban foxes are noticeably bolder than their country cousins, sharing the pavement with pedestrians and raising cubs in people's backyards. Foxes have even sneaked into the Houses of Parliament, where one was found asleep on a filing cabinet.