ИМЯ АВТОРА ДАТА The official language of great Britain for 3 centuries was French.The world's first fire service has appeared in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.In Scotland, passengers can make the shortest flight available on Earth – to get from the island of vestra to the island of Papa Westra, it takes a little more than a minute.The British were the first to use postage stamps.The national holiday "birthday of the British monarch" is celebrated on the third Saturday of June, although the current Queen of great Britain Elizabeth II was born on April 21.London underground – the oldest in the world, it began to work in 1863.In London, tube passengers lose about 80,000 umbrellas | eveyyear.A Scot whorefused a woman'soffer to marryherhad to pay a fine in the past.Theraincloakwasinventedin 1824 by Glasgow native Charles Mackintosh (seeinterestingfacts about rain).The parliaments of England and Ireland and currentlypublishacceptedsubmissions on the paperfromcalfskin.In the XVII-XVIII centuries in Britaintherewas a special position of the Royal uncorker of bottleswithletterscaught in the ocean. People who opened such bottles illegally, waited for the death penalty.In Edinburgh, the sky Terrier Greyfriars Bobby-dog 14 years, until his own death, sat on the grave of the late owner. Several films and books are dedicated to this devoted dog.The British Queen cannot enter the parliamentary house of Commons because she is not a member (see interestingfacts about Queens). | London's Oxford Street is the longest shopping street in the world.Almost the entire body of Scotsman Lucky diamond rich is covered with tattoos. Covering 99.9% of the body surface with a leopard skin pattern, he became the most tattooed man on Earth.The Englishwoman Ada Lovelace was the world's first programmer.Big Ben is a bell, not a clock tower.In the late nineteenth century, Britain won the war against Zanzibar in 38 minutes.In the Middle ages, British courts have handed down sentences against not only humans but also animals.In the UK, sticking a stamp with the image of the Queen upside down is considered treason.The London Eye Ferris wheel is the tallest in Europe.The speaker of the English Parliament sits on a bag of wool.In England, in the XVII century, the world's first Ghostbusters club appeared. In Britain, it is legally forbidden to hang a bed from the window.According to legend, the English Kingdom will fall if the tower of London is abandoned by crows.The most notorious homicidal maniac of all time, Jack the Ripper, roamed the streets of London.Whales, sturgeons and dolphins living in the coastal waters of great Britain are considered the property of the Queen.On the last day of August in London, a competition is held between rubber ducks, which are sent to swim on the Thames.England is the birthplace of table tennis. The role of the grid in this game for high society was originally performed by books.Scotland owns 790 Islands, but only 130 of them are inhabited by people.At London's Barbican theatre in 2011, the play "lullaby" was shown — the audience settled on beds and peacefully fell asleep, and in the morning they were waiting for Breakfast, which was included in the ticket price.The maze of 16,000 English yew trees, located on the grounds of Longleat manor, is the longest in the world.In England, there was a special person who was supposed to fire a gun in case of arrival in the Kingdom of Napoleon Bonaparte. The office was abolished only in 1947, although the French Emperor had died more than a century before. |