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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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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A study in the UK states that men need at least two "guys nights out" each week to stay healthy.
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