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5 Fun Facts about New London:
• New London has quite a storied history as a whaling community. In 1866, the first steam whaler, the Pioneer, sailed from New London. And not far from Connecticut College, the Nile set sail in 1858 for what was to become the longest whaling voyage in recorded history. She didn’t return home until April 1869—eleven years later!
• The world’s largest resort casino, Foxwoods, is a mere twenty minutes away, tempting of-age students to try and pay off student debts early.
• Pfizer—the pharmaceutical company that produced Viagra—has its $294-million Global Research & Development headquarters in New London. The company has a good relationship with Connecticut College and periodically recruits promising chemistry majors for internships and full-time positions.
• Knowlton House may put on a haunted house every Halloween, but according to the locals, it’s really New London’s Lighthouse Inn that is haunted. The story goes that a bride fell down a flight of steps in the hotel and broke her neck. Supposedly, she can still be seen roaming the guest rooms in her wedding gown.
• The first submarine sandwich was served in New London in 1926. Since they became enormously popular with sailors in the nearby Groton submarine base, the sandwiches soon became known as “submarines” or “subs.”

Famous People from New London:
Eugene O’Neil, playwright
Nathan Hale, American revolutionary
Edward Clark Potter, American sculptor

Local Slang:
You won’t encounter much homegrown New London slang at Conn, but if you’re coming from other parts of the country, check out some New England slang.
Frappe – Milk shake
Jimmies – Ice cream topping
Rotary – Traffic circle
Wicked – An intensifying adverb. Loosely translated, it means “very.” Example: “That class was wicked boring.”