Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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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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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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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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