Madame Tussauds London – museum in the center of London on Marylebone Road attracts huge crowds of tourists from all over the world. It comprises of the wax statues of the celebrities in all fields of art and culture established by the wax sculptor Marie Tussaud in 1884. The museum resides in the erstwhile London Planetarium […]
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Sherlock Holmes
1. Sherlock Holmes was originally going to be called Sherrinford. The name was changed to Sherlock, probably due to a cricketer who bore the name. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created Holmes (of course), was a cricket fan and the name ‘Sherlock’ seems to have stuck in his memory. Doyle was also a keen cricketer […]