Random UK Facts

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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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    Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
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    In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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 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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    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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