English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
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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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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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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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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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