The Queen of England, who once enjoyed extensive powers and authority over almost the whole world, and despite all her present majesty and glory, is not allowed to enter the House of Commons simply because she is not its member!
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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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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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"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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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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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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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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