Big Ben Celebrates 150th Birthday

Big Ben is celebrating its 150th birthday on Sunday i.e 31.05.2009.

Some interesting information which i found was>>>

1. The tower of Big Ben is 96-meter in height.

2. There’s no elevator inside.

3. Everyone is not allowed inside, but for those who are allowed must climb 334 winding limestone stairs.

Wikipedia carries lots of such interesting information and here is the link to the same >>

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