10 Facts about The United Kingdom
Fact #1
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The Queen of the UK is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth’s land surface.
Fact #2
In the UK, if you reach your 100th birthday, you get a personalizedcard from the Queen.
Fact #3
In the UK, accents change noticeably about every 25 miles (40km).
Fact #4
In the UK, allhorses, ponies anddonkeys must have ahorse passport.
Fact #5
The UK is smaller than the U.S. state of Oregon
Fact #5
Nigeria has
more English speakers than the United Kingdom.
Fact #6
The Queen Mary of Scotland became queen when she was only six days old.
Fact #7
The oldest house in the UK is nearly 6000 years old and has stone furniture that is still intact.
Fact #8
The British Navy uses Britney Spears’ songs to scare off Somalipirates.
Fact #9
The “keep calm and carry on” slogan was originally dreamt up as a way ofpreserving morale in the event of a Nazi invasion of Britain.
Fact #10
British Pennies are used to adjust the time in London’s Big Ben clock tower.
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