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00:00Good afternoon viewer, welcome to Simple Facts History. My name is Brian and today we are going to get some rapid facts about the glorious St Paul's Cathedral here in London, in England, UK.
00:13Okay, now contrary to popular belief, this is not Queen Victoria, this is Queen Anne, even though the statue was put up in 1886.
00:22St Paul's Cathedral weighs about 66,000 tonnes, it's the fourth church on this site, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and opened it in 1708.
00:39In 1608, close to this courtyard, four members of the gunpowder plot were brutally executed, they were hung, drawn and quartered.
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