Piccadilly Circus facts
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About linear clocks like the 1920’s one at Piccadilly Circus underground station; it’s a world map with 24 hours marked off on a central strip. The strip moves along slowly, mirroring the rotation of the Earth, and showing the time moving around the world.
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One of the world’s earliest aluminum sculptures is the figure of Anteros in London’s Piccadilly Circus. Sculpted by Sir Alfred Gilbert and unveiled in 1893, aluminum was, at the time, regarded as a rare, expensive new metal.
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The Piccadilly Circus advertising screens can detect age, gender and even mood by facial recognition to tailor their adverts. Scary!!
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TK Maxx was rejected in their attempt to open a store in Piccadilly Circus because they are "not posh enough"
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The famous statue of the naked boy with the bow in Piccadilly Circus, London, is not Eros but his brother Anteros. Thanks to u/JasonYaya.
