The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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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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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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