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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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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"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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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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