Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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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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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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