• London has the credit for the first hot chocolate store ever opened.
• The English drink the most tea in the world.
• It is against the law to get drunk in a pub in England.
• In Scotland,it is against the law to get drunk and possess a cow.

• The conventional long form of the United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Great Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales.
• Many people use just the abbreviation UK.
• The conventional short form is the United Kingdom.

• UK mostly has knife edge ridges and high grounds with valleys in between.
• Thick glaciers from the Ice age are responsible for such a terrain.
• Almost 75% of the land in the UK is taken for farming.
• The highest point is Ben Navis at 1,343 m and the lowest point is -4m at The Fens.

• The United Kingdom happens to be the first industrialized country in the World.
• Polo, soccer and Rugby were introduced to the world by the UK.
• The British invented the world's earliest railways.
• John Walker invented the matches in 1827. He was British.

• The Buckingham Palace has its own police station.
• The largest Royal home is the Windsor castle.
• Big Ben refers to the bell and not the clock.
• There are 4 world heritage sites in the UK.
• These include The west minister palace, The tower of London, Maritime Greenwich, Kew Botanical gardens.
• These interesting facts about United Kingdom Architecture are are really exciting.

• Nelson Mandela called the spice girls his heroes when he met them.
• The Beatles originally called themselves the Blackjacks and then the Quarrymen.
• There is no portrait of William shakespeare painted, when he was alive.
• To make a billion dollars from writing books has been achieved by JK Rowling.
• From Canterbury to London, the bus route that Ian Flemming took inspired the 007 for James Bond.