Was in London last weekend and got to talking to my cab driver. He was telling me that all London cab drivers have to go to Cab Driver University where they have to learn The Knowledge. Basically, this means they have to know every street, every landmark and all sorts of great nuggests of historical trivia.
I got home this morning and here’s The Knowledge my Chicago cab driver shared with me:
- Chicago was originally called Hogville
- Oprah Winfrey employs a wig-maker named Mim Slotar to care for all of her wigs.
- There are over 7,000 toilets in the Sears Tower. If you put all of those toilets in a row, they would stretch all the way to Indiana!
- Hugh Hefner wanted to put a statue of a boob in front of the old Playboy Building.
- Poltergeist 3 is an awesome movie.
I miss London.