I've had a couple of good facts this week, so it's only right that the two things I've learnt today are your garden variety knowledge. Firstly, I learnt that Twinkies are a kind of cake, with fondant in the middle, but I've already covered American sweets previously, and as much as I love them, it'd be churlish to return to them so soon. Instead, here's what I got:
Pimlico is the only London Underground station not to contain any of the letters of the word 'badger'.
Pimlico is also the station you need to alight at to visit the Tate Gallery, although be warned, it's a bit of a walk. Incidentally, the Tate Modern claims to be near Southwark tube station - it was far enough to bring me to the verge of tears. I'm going to see Radiohead next week at Victoria Park, which claims to be near Bethnal Green tube, and I'm expecting similar sob-inducing distances. The BBC's H2G2 also claims that Pimlico is also the only station on the Victoria line that was built especially for the line, as all other stations were interchanges before - except that Brixton, the end of the line and gateway to gigging - isn't, so they're wrong.
It shows how much they know that they suggest you don't walk from the Tube to Brixton train station in case you get mugged by passers-by. Now I know it's a bit rough round there, but it's not like a lawless breakaway republic. Not yet anyway. Weirdly, a poorly mocked-up version of Brixton tube appears in Lost (see above), and its platforms are adorned with an image of a ton of bricks. Pictures of riots and Eddy Grant were dismissed at the planning stage...
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