TIL in 1810 London came to a standstill from a prank by Theodore Hook who sent out thousands of letters requesting services that included hundreds of coal deliveries, wedding cakes, priests, lawyers, doctors, chimney sweeps, and over a dozen pianos to be delivered to the same address.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berners_Street_hoax



Submitted February 24, 2015 at 12:18AM by Toodlum http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wwb9l/til_in_1810_london_came_to_a_standstill_from_a/