Interesting Facts

If you go down to the Tube today, you may have a big surprise.  Seemingly someone on the London Underground is trying to cheer everyone up by sticking a series of spoof stickers across tube carriage signs. (Some of the stickers change "Shepherd's Bush" to "Shepherd's Pie", others give useful advice like: "Don’t acknowledge fellow passengers or sustain eye contact beyond two seconds," and another urges commuters to, "... offer this seat to those drunks less able to stand than you.") Source '

Police in Rome, Italy, have seized €3m (£2.3m)  of marijuana in a drugs raid in the city. (Now 340kg (750lb) of marijuana is in itself interesting, but what makes this story unique is the plants were being grown  in an old underground Metro tunnel that was built beneath Rome during the fascist era of Benito Mussolini. The tunnel, which is 1 km (0.6 miles) long was officially being used as a mushroom farm.) Source

Wi-fi has been launched on the London Underground for the first time. (Wi-fi is now available at King's Cross and Warren Street stations. The service, provided by Virgin Media, will be free during London 2012, and then free to Virgin Media customers. The following 80 stations should have wi-fi installation by July 2012, just in time for the Olympics:- Aldgate East, Angel, Archway, Arsenal, Barbican, Bayswater, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Blackhorse Road, Borough, Brixton, Caledonian Road, Camden Town, Canada Water, Canary Wharf, Canning Town, Chancery Lane, Charing Cross, Clapham North, Covent Garden, Edgware Road (Circle), Elephant & Castle, Embankment, Euston, Euston Square, Finsbury Park, Goodge Street, Green Park, Hammersmith (District/Piccadilly), Heathrow T1-T3, Heathrow T4, High Street Kensington, Highbury & Islington, Holborn, Holland Park, Hyde Park Corner, Kentish Town, Kings Cross/St Pancras, Lambeth North, Lancaster Gate, Leicester Square, Liverpool Str...