WEIRD FACTS ABOUT LONDON 2012 | The weird facts database

To prepare and build the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London for the 2012 Games:

1.5 cubic metres of soil had to be cleaned of oil, tar, arsenic and lead;

30,000 tonnes of silt, gravel and rubble had to be removed from the site;

16,000 beds, 22,000 duvets and 22,000 pillows had to be brought to the site;

4,000 trees were planted (as well as 350,000 wetland plants, 74,000 other plants and 60,000 bulbs);

2,000 newts had to be relocated;

220 buildings were demolished;

and 160 cats and kittens were rescued from the site.

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