| The Lake District in N.W.England is famous for it's great number of Lakes but did you know that only one body of water in the Lake District is called "Lake" and that is Bassenthwaite Lake just north of Keswick. |
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| All the facts on this page have been researched to make sure they are correct.If you know different please let me know clever cloggs. |
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| Did you know that the first world war ended on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, 1918 |
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| What lasted 2194 Days, would you believe it. The Second World War, it started on the 1st of September 1939 and ended the 2nd of September 1945 |
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| In 1843 CharlesDickens wrote A Christmas Carol |
| Queen Victoria reigned from 1837-1901 making her the longest reigning monarch in English history |
| The Millennium Dome at Greenwich was 320m in diameter 50m high at it's centre the same height as Nelson's column it was the largest building of it's kind in the world but due to bad press a massive flop! |
| 1 mile = 1760 yards or 1.6093km |
| Henry VIII had six wives they are Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr |
| The7 Wonders of the ancient world were the Pyramids of Giza (still to be seen), the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Tomb of King Massolus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos of Alexandria. |
| The smallest bone in the human body can be can be found in the ear and it's called the Stirrup bone! |
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| Do you know why polar bears don't eat penguins it's not because they don't like the taste of them, no it's because polar bears live at the north pole and penguins live at the south pole they never get to meet!(or eat) |
| Prince Harry is third in line to the throne of England, after his dad and brother |
| Did you know, Noah is the first person in the Bible to get drunk! |
| The Animal to be mentioned most often in the Bible is Sheep with 200 and Lambs with 188 mentions |
| There are more than 9000 species of bird-about two for every species of mammal, but don't get into a flap about it OK! |
| Only 4 (wrong 5 see below) British monarchs have reigned more than 45 years They are HenryIII (56Years) EdwardIII (50 Years) GeorgeIII (60 Years) Victoria (64Years) & Elizabeth II The information above has been corrected after a Miss Know-all called Patti from the good old USofA put me right thank you Patti |
| By the time the Roman Empire fell in the 4th century A.D. the network of roads covered more than 80,000km (50,000miles) |
| Michael Caine's real name is Maurice Micklewhite not-alo o' people know dat? |
| Marc Bolan, born Mark Feld in 1947 to working-class Jewish parents in Hackney east London |
| Did you know that the only US president buried in Washington D.C. is Woodrow Wilson |
| Why don't Cuckcoos build their own nests? Simply becuase they live in clocks!!! No the real reason, is they use other bird's nests and other birds reise their young for them. |
| The rest are all called waters,meres or tarns |