BARELY BELIEVABLE TRIVIA ABOUT THE UK

ECONOMISTS HAVE CREDITED KATE MIDDLETON

WITH BOOSTING THE BRITISH ECONOMY

BY 1 BILLION POUNDS IN 2012

REMEMBER HOW WE SAID THAT QUEEN ELIZABETH

HAS BEEN RULING FOR A LONG TIME? WELL,

SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN RULING LONGER THAN ANY

OTHER MONARCH IN BRITISH HISTORY. ON

9 SEPTEMBER 2015 SHE SURPASSED QUEEN VICTORIA

TO CLAIM THE TITLE

A FLIGHT BETWEEN WESTRAY AND PAPA WESTRAY

(TWO ISLANDS) IS THE SHORTEST FLIGHT IN

THE WORLD AT 47 SECONDS

THE OLDEST HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY IS 6,000

YEARS OLD AND ITS STONE FURNITURE IS STILL INTACT!

PORTUGAL AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE THE

LONGEST STANDING ALLIES IN THE WORLD.

THEIR ALLIANCE WAS LAST RATIFIED IN 1386

THE ROYAL NAVY HAS BEEN KNOWN TO USE

BRITNEY SPEARS SONGS TO FRIGHTEN OFF

SOMALI PIRATES

THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE ONLY COUNTRY

THAT IS NOT REQUIRED TO NAME ITSELF

ON POSTAGE STAMPS

AT ITS HEIGHT, THE BRITISH EMPIRE COVERED

AS MUCH SURFACE AREA AS THE MOON