Random UK Facts

    22 facts tagged with UK Facts

    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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    Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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    In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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    The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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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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    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.
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    In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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