British Facts

Boxing Day is named so because it was the day that "Christmas boxes" were given to the more needy.

People in the United Kingdom and Ireland drink more tea per capita than any other nation, consuming roughly 20 times more than Americans

King George I spoke little to no English when he became Britain's king!

English sailors were called "limeys" because the Royal Navy mandated lime juice rations to prevent scurvy, though they originally used lemon juice starting in 1795 before switching to limes in 1804.

The original Toby jugs were modelled on Harry 'Toby' Elwes a Yorkshireman!

In 1989, a British company made a laptop with a graphical user interface, a 60 hour battery life, SSD storage, and a touchpad.

Eight U.S. states are named after British royalty - Georgia, the Carolinas, Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, and New York all trace their names to kings, queens, or royal dukes.

A sperm whale rammed and sank a British couple's yacht in the Pacific. Maurice and Maralyn Bailey escaped into a rubber raft with almost nothing. They survived 117 days - catching fish with their bare hands, fighting off sharks, and drinking rainwater. A Korean fishing vessel found them 1,500 miles from where they went down.