The first man to swim the length of Great Britain grew a beard to stop jellyfish stinging his face.
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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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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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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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When Prince William becomes king, he will be the forty-fourth monarch since William the Conqueror who was crowned in 1066.
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