English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
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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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