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BARELY BELIEVABLE TRIVIA ABOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM

Added on: 16th Aug 2016

 

 

THE QUEEN IS THE LEGAL OWNER OF

1/6 OF THE EARTH'S LAND AREA

The Queen is the legal owner of 1/6 of the Earth's land area

 

 

ACCENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CHANGE

NOTICEABLY ABOUT EVERY 40 KM (25 MILES)

Accents in the United Kingdom change noticeably about every 40 km (25 miles)

 

 

ALL HORSES IN THE UK MUST HAVE A HORSE

PASSPORT (DONKEYS AND MULES TOO)

All horses in the UK must have a horse passport (donkeys and mules too)

 

 

DURING THE 16TH CENTURY, A LAW FORBADE WIFE

BEATINGS AFTER 9PM…BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT

DISTURBED THE NEIGHBOURS

During the 16th century, a law forbid wife beating after 9pm...but only because it disturbed the neighbors

 

 

ALTHOUGH ALL BRITISH PASSPORTS ARE ISSUED

IN HER NAME, QUEEN ELIZABETH DOESN'T ACTUALLY

OWN A PASSPORT. FURTHERMORE SHE IS HISTORY'S

MOST WIDELY TRAVELLED HEAD OF STATE

Although all British passports are issued in her name, Queen Elizabeth doesn't actually own a passport. Furthermore she is history's most widely traveled head of state (she's been queen for a while)

 

 

AMERICAN EGGS ARE ILLEGAL IN THE UK BECAUSE

THEY HAVE BEEN WASHED. BRITISH EGGS ARE

ILLEGAL IN THE US BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT

BEEN WASHED

American eggs are illegal in the UK because they have been washed. British eggs are illegal in the US because they have not been washed.

 

 

THE AVERAGE BRITISH CAR REMAINS

PARKED FOR 96% OF ITS LIFETIME

The average British car remains parked for 96% of its lifetime

 

 

THERE IS A SERVICE BASED IN ESSEX THAT ALLOWS

YOU TO "RENT MOURNERS" FOR FUNERALS

There is a service based in Essex that allows you to

 

 

CENTENARIANS (PEOPLE OVER 100 YEARS OLD)

ARE THE FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC

IN THE COUNTRY

Centenarians (people over 100 years old) are the fastest growing demographic in the country

 


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