- There are a dozen secret rivers flowing beneath London. One, the Effra travels under the Oval cricket ground.
- Portugal is England’s oldest ally. The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty signed in 1373 is still in force.
- Stockholm was established in 1252, by Birger Jarl, as a fortified island defense outpost against Baltic pirates.
- In 1710, a catastrophic plague obliterated about one third of Stockholm’s population.
- Stockholm is one of the most crowded museum-cities in the world, with around 100 museums, visited by millions of people every year.
- Although the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the city, only six people were killed.
- The "Dannebrog" (Denmarks national flag) is the oldest national flag in the world.
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