Interesting facts about Great Britain

 Interesting facts about Great Britain

1) In England, individual taps for hot and cold water are still quite widespread

2)In the UK, there are no homeless animals on the streets - special shelters have been created for them.

3)There are no grocery stores around the clock in the country - they all close after 22 in the evening.

4) Before the metro you can always meet the distributor of free newspapers. These newspapers are usually left on the seats so that the next passenger can read them.

5) Everywhere common laundry in large quantities. The British simply do not consider washing a household chore, few people do it at home.

6) Big Ben - the name of the bell, not hours.

7)French has been an official language for about 300 years.

8)The shortest war of the English was in 1896 against Zanzibar. Zanzibar gave up after 38 minutes. In England, they speak about 300 languages.

9)The British drink more tea than anyone else in the world.

10)Children over 5 years old can ingest alcohol at their home or on private property in the UK.

11) In the UK, the Queen sends personalized birthday cards to those celebrating their 100th birthday every year.