The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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In the UK, there's a guy named 'Major Dickie Head'.
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Queen Elizabeth does not hold a passport. Since all British passports are issued in the queen’s name, she herself doesn't need one. She just has to say that she is the queen.
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After coming across a "very sweet" homeless man from Jamaica named Michael on a night out, Londoner Jenny Baker took to Twitter, and within hours, using the hashtag #getmichaelhome, had raised thousands of pounds so that he could return home to Jamaica where he said he would be "happy again".
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Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
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A British teenager changed his name in 2008 to Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.
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