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
36
Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
46
Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
338
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."
10
The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
94
In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
38
US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
7
Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
59