12. • Queen Elizabeth ll is actually the Queen of sixteen
countries, called the Commonwealth Countries.
13. • The Channel Tunnel connects UK to France. It is the
world’s longest underground tunnel (38 kilometres
underwater).
14. • Every day UK people drink 165 million cups of tea! Over
20 times more than the average American.
15. • There are over 300 languages spoken in England.
16. • The UK has almost 3 times the population of Australia.
17. • The highest temperature ever recorded in England was
38.5 degrees in Kent in 2003.
18. • Britain has the highest consumption of cider per capita.
19. • Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is actually illegal.
20. • Scotland produces more than 250 million liters of whiskey
every year which is enough to fill 4546 swimming pools.
21. • Beer was a common accompaniment to the medieval
English breakfast.
22. • Britain really does have an annual cheese rolling
competition that involves running down Coopers Hill after
a Double Gloucester Round. (The winner gets the
cheese).
23. • There are more chickens than humans in the UK.
24. • Big Ben does not refer to the famous clock, but actually
the bell.