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Monday, June 9, 2014

Some Facts You May Not Know About United Kingdom








*-- The queen of the Uk is the legal owner of one-sixth of earth's land surface.
*-- In the UK, if you reach your 100th birthday, you get personalized card from the queen. *-- The UK spent $ 15.8 billion in a health service computer system that failed and was shut down in 2013. *-- A beer wave of 388,000 gallons (or 1.4 ML) flooded London in 1814 after a huge vat ruptured. *-- In the UK, it legal for the kids over five years or old to drink alcohol at home or other private premises. *-- UK's internet porn filter architect was arrested on child porn offences. *-- In the UK, accents change noticeably about every 25 miles (40 km). *-- In the UK, all horses, ponies and donkeys must have a horse passport. *-- In the UK it is illegal to die in the houses of parliament. *-- In the UK, slavery was made statutory offence untill April 6, 2010. *-- Nearly 6,000 people get hurt or die in the UK after tripping over their trousers or falling down stairs while pulling them up.

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