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Did you know ? . 1 in 8 people living in Britain live in London, 12 million people live in London - this is a major European city London is the world largest financial center - one of England’s main export is beef.
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1 in 8 peopleliving in Britain live in London, • 12 millionpeople live in London - thisis a major Europeancity • London is the worldlargestfinancialcenter - one of England’smain export isbeef
Heathrow Airportis the largest in the world in terms of number of internationalpassengers and third in terms of allpassengers. • Heathrow isEurope’s the largestairport and the firstlargestairport in terms of the number of passengers in the world
The highesttemperaturenoted in England was 38.5 ° C atBrogdale, Kent 10 August 2003
The English are the most obese nation in Europe - 22.3% men and 23% of women are obese • The highest mountain in Britain is Ben Nevis in Scotland – it is1343 meters high
Police in the Great Britain do not carry firearms - only in the case of emergency they can use it. • 97% Englishmen have a car.
Oxford University once had a law against bringing bows and arrows by students bring to the class. • English people drink the most tea in the world - 2.5 times more than Japan and 22 times more than the French or Americans.
England hastwofictionalcharacters of internationalfame. Theseare James Bond and Mr Bean.
English people do not kiss when greeting each other, nor they shake their hands. They often do nothing beside saying „hello”. • If someone cheats during the exam other English student report his colleague to the teacher.
Bibliography • www.google.pl • http://www.e-angielski.com/forum/ciekawostki-o-wielkiej-brytanii • http://infolinia.org/poradnik/news/2101/ciekawostki-kilka-rzeczy-dziwnych-smiesznych-i-ciekawych-o-wielkiej-brytanii.html