Random UK Facts

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    The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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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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    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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    Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
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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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