"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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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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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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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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Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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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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