English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The biggest burger in Britain, dubbed the 'Apocalypse Burger', is a mammoth 25,000 calories, weighs 11kg (25lb) and contains £150 (around $233 USD) worth of ingredients.
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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 Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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 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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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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