US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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A study in the UK states that men need at least two "guys nights out" each week to stay healthy.
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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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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."
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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