Random UK Facts

    22 facts tagged with UK Facts

    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
    69
    When Prince William becomes king, he will be the forty-fourth monarch since William the Conqueror who was crowned in 1066.
    107
    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."
    10
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
    50
    "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".
    18
    Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
    10
    The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
    94
    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
    36