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  ...that the longest distance between two stations is 6.26 km (3.89 miles), between Chalfont & Latimer and Chesham on the Metropolitan line?

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  ...that the shortest distance between two stations is 250 metres (0.16 miles), between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly line?

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  ...that an estimated half a million mice live on the Underground system, and can often be seen running around the tracks and that TV personality Anthea Turner has written a series of children's books about these London Underground mice?

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  ...that two people have had their coffins transported on the Underground: William Gladstone and Dr Barnardo?

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  ...that Regent's Park, Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park Corner, Bank and Warwick Avenue stations have no associated buildings at or above ground level, being entirely underground except for access stairs and that there are surface buildings at Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner but they are not used by the Underground?

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  ...that St John's Wood is the only station which contains none of the letters of the word 'mackerel', at least until the proposed 2010 opening of Hoxton?