Random UK Facts

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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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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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    When Prince William becomes king, he will be the forty-fourth monarch since William the Conqueror who was crowned in 1066.
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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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    Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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