English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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In England, there's a phenomenon called the "half-time kettle effect" where power use surges at half-time during England's matches in the World Cup as everyone turns on their tea kettles at the same time.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
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