Friday, August 31, 2007
100% of FACT: Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys' diary of 1665 featured a map of Ye Olde London Und'rground inside the back cover.
Pepys and his good friend Sir Isaac Newton played the first recorded game of Mornington Crescent that year, Newton triumphing through the use of the now obsolete Shoreditch Plague Diversion.
Pepys and his good friend Sir Isaac Newton played the first recorded game of Mornington Crescent that year, Newton triumphing through the use of the now obsolete Shoreditch Plague Diversion.