an aggressive lesson on england
(this is one side of an AIM convo.)
caitlinoppermann: fun fact for you
caitlinoppermann: westminster is ranked 47th largest of england's "districts" as far as population
caitlinoppermann: number one is birmingham
caitlinoppermann: 2 is leeds
caitlinoppermann: just a fun fact for you!
caitlinoppermann: get over it!
caitlinoppermann: the list of english districts by population wikipedia page, duh.
caitlinoppermann: haha
caitlinoppermann: did you know that it is the seat of the UK's government!?
caitlinoppermann: oh
caitlinoppermann: well get over it!
caitlinoppermann: you are going to learn more
caitlinoppermann: ok one sec
caitlinoppermann: *learning*
(*i say that i didn't even know it was a district)
caitlinoppermann: well it is!
caitlinoppermann: ( i love getting angry about this) (it's awesome)
caitlinoppermann: well
caitlinoppermann: i moved wiki pages
caitlinoppermann: to a better one
caitlinoppermann: now i am looking at the "metropolitan borough of westminster"
caitlinoppermann: now listen
caitlinoppermann: fun fact ok?
caitlinoppermann: in 1801 the population was 160,759
caitlinoppermann: and in 1901, it was 183,011!
caitlinoppermann: not much growth there!
caitlinoppermann: and one thing that i bet you don't know
caitlinoppermann: the City of Westminster contains more than just the met. borough of westminster!
caitlinoppermann: it is a combination of the met. borough of Paddington AND the met. borough of St. Marylebone
caitlinoppermann: so please try to cope with the fact that i am learning and probably know more about this than you do ok?
caitlinoppermann: but that growth, huh?
caitlinoppermann: not much!!!
omg
caitlinoppermann: and i just learned something
caitlinoppermann: something BIG
caitlinoppermann: you're going to just die
caitlinoppermann: john john john
caitlinoppermann: yo'ure going to freak out
caitlinoppermann: omg
caitlinoppermann: marylebone
caitlinoppermann: does NOT come from Mary the good
caitlinoppermann: aka not from "marie la bonne"
caitlinoppermann: want to know what it is?
caitlinoppermann: JOHN!
caitlinoppermann: JOHN!
caitlinoppermann: well?!
caitlinoppermann: aren't you excited to know!???
caitlinoppermann: it is interesting!
caitlinoppermann: duh!
caitlinoppermann: gosh
caitlinoppermann: you almost don't deserve it now
caitlinoppermann: but i want to tell you so you are lucky
caitlinoppermann: spare me, mothbreath
caitlinoppermann: ok ok ok!
caitlinoppermann: so interesting!
caitlinoppermann: The church and the surrounding area later became known as St Mary at the Bourne which, over time, became shortened to its present form, Marylebone!!!!!!!!
caitlinoppermann: man!
caitlinoppermann: sointeresting!
caitlinoppermann: i want to read a book about london
caitlinoppermann: it's true
caitlinoppermann: i know
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Here is me teaching my brother about London. We were convinced about the Marylebone part! St. Mary at the Bourne?!?! We had no idea!
Jan 7th