Random UK Facts

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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 sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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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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    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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