10 Interesting Facts About United Kingdom

 

#1: Drink Drink

• London has the credit for the first hot chocolate store ever opened.
• The English drink the most tea in the world.
• It is against the law to get drunk in a pub in England.
• In Scotland, it is against the law to get drunk and possess a cow.

#2: Name Forms

• The conventional long form of the United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales.
• Many people use just the abbreviation UK.
• The conventional short form is the United Kingdom.

#3: Landscape

• UK mostly has knife edge ridges and high grounds with valleys in between. Thick glaciers from the Ice age are responsible for such a terrain.
• Almost 75% of the land in the UK is taken for farming.
• The highest point is Ben Navis at 1,343 m and the lowest point is -4m at The Fens.

#4: Firsts

• The United Kingdom happens to be the first industrialized country in the World.
• Polo, soccer and Rugby were introduced to the world by the UK.
• The British invented the world’s earliest railways.
• John Walker invented the matches in 1827. He was British.

#5: Famous Architecture

• The Buckingham Palace has its own police station.
• The largest Royal home is the Windsor castle.
• Big Ben refers to the bell and not the clock.
• There are 28 world heritage sites in the UK and 4 in London. These include The west minister palace, The tower of London, Maritime Greenwich, Kew Botanical gardens. These interesting facts about United Kingdom Architecture are are really exciting.

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