FUN & INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLAND
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England’s Highest Point is the Scafell Pike, standing at 3210 ft.
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The Lowest Point in England is the Fens, 15 feet below sea level.
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The Longest River in England is the Thames, 346 km However the Severn is Official Britain’s longest river.
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The Largest lake in England is Windermere, 14.7 sq km.
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England borders with Scotland and Wales, however, France is only 35 km away, England and France are linked by a tunnel under the English Channel.
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No Government or Parliament just for England, since 1707, when Great Britain was established.
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England national football team won the World Cup In 1966.
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Cheddar Cheese comes from England.
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England is split into 48 ceremonial counties.
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England is the most populated and biggest country in the United Kingdom.
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England is made up of many small islands, such as the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and Hayling Island.
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England Hosted Three Summer Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and most recently 2012.
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The Capital City of England is London, England’s second capital in Birmingham followed by Manchester.
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Time Berners-Lee an English Computer Scientist is credited with inventing the Wolrd Wide Web, He donated the WWW to everyone to use for free.
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Passenger railways were started in England.
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England Inventions: the first computer, HTML, The seat belt, the hovercraft, the Industrial Spinning Machine and the World Wide Web, Among other things.
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The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution began in England.
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The Bank of England started in 1694.
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The official home of the British Monarch is Buckingham Palace in London, England.
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England has produced some of the most influential and important bands and pop artists, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Who.
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Norwich is the only city in England to have been named a “City of Literature” by UNESCO.
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The Queen is not allowed to set foot in the House of Commons.
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England was part of the shortest war in history. They fought Zanzibar in 1896 and Zanzibar surrendered after just 38 minutes.
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The highest temperature ever recorded in England was 38.5°C, in Brogdale, Kent, on 10 August 2003.
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English people consume more tea per capita than anybody else in the world.
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French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066 till 1362.
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British police do not carry guns except in emergencies.
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Nowhere in the UK is more than 70 miles.
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Famous English Scientists including Stephen Hawking, Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Jane Goodall among many others.
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England Has Many Weird Village Traditions, such as cheese rolling.
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It Is A Criminal Offense to Stick A Postage Stamp To An Envelope Upside Down
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The only city in England to be named as a World Heritage City by UNESCO is Bath.
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The Queen of England, Elizabeth II, is head of state and does not govern the country.
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The London Eye is the tallest observation wheel in the world.
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The English and British Currency is called the Pounds Sterling ‘£’.
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The name “England” is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means “land of the Angles“.
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The Barbary Lion is a national animal of England.
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The red rose is widely recognised as the national flower of England.
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There is a limit of 12 minutes of commercials, per hour of television, in England.
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England has more Chickens than people.
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In England, it’s legal to consume alcohol on private premises from the age of 5.
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The Queen owns all unmarked swans in open water and she is the “officially appointed ‘Swan Keeper’ of England.”, this means harming a swan can land you in prison.
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London is the world’s largest financial centre.
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The world’s oldest public zoo was opened in London in 1828.
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The first public theatre built in England was called The Theatre.
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The Official Language of England is English.
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England’s National Day is St George’s Day, April 23rd.
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England is the second largest economy in Europe.
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The first building to overtake the Great Pyramid of Giza was the Lincoln Cathedral in 1280. It held the title of the highest construction ever built until 1884.
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London’s Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world.
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