In 1810 London had a million inhabitants.
Ely is the city in England with the shortest name.
Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms.
The first hot chocolate store opened in London around 1600.
Bats always turn left when they leave a cave.
Windsor castle is the largest royal home in the world; it is also the oldest still in use.
The first public zoo in England was opened in 1829 and was also the first in the world.
There are around 6,000 islands in the British aisles.
Bishop’s Rock isn’t just the smallest island in Britain; it is the smallest island in the world.
The Great Fire of London started on 2nd September, 1666.
Christopher Wren, who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral, died in 1723 at the age of 91.
Atlantic Puffins which reside in certain places in England dig burrows to keep their young in.
From the top of the London Eye you can see around 25 miles (40km).
King’s College is the oldest and largest college in Cambridge and was founded by Henry VI in 1441.
The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.
Hadrian’s Wall was 73 miles long (117.5 km).
The military salute comes from Knights having to lift up their visors to see one another.
The Tower of London was built around the end of 1066.
Britain is the only country in the world to not have the name on its postage stamps.
Nowhere in Britain is more than 74.5 miles from the sea.
The White Cliffs of Dover stretch along the coastline for 8 miles.
Stonehenge was built from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
The name John Smith is quite popular in Britain with 30,000 people sharing the name.
Grasshoppers have five eyes.
The phrase ‘sleep tight’ came from the time of William Shakespeare where beds were secured by ropes. The tighter the rope, the firmer the mattress.
Windsor Castle has been a royal residence for over 900 years.
Grass snakes play dead when threatened.
Seahorses are fish.
The highest point in England is Scafell Pike which is 3210 ft.
The lowest point in Britain is The Fens which is 15 ft below sea level.
Blackbirds love sunbathing.
Foxes can hear a watch ticking up to forty yards away.
A pair of Robins weigh the same as one chicken egg.
The Great Crested Newt can live up to fifteen years.
Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990.
The first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, was issued in the UK in 1840.
In 1810 London had a million inhabitants.
Badgers have lived in England for over 250,000 thousand years.
Hedgehogs can swim and climb trees.
The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
The River Thames has over 200 bridges and over 20 tunnels.
The Nuthatch is the only bird in Britain that can walk down a tree head first.
The first telephone book in England was in 1880 and contained 248 names.
The national flower of Scotland is the thistle.
