The other side of the pond is steeped in jolly goodness (and a fair share of unusual facts). From the funky to the funny to… FORE! Check out these ten fascinating facts about Britain:
- Everywhere in England is no more than 75 miles from the sea.
- For the record, the world’s oldest music shop opened in Cardiff in 1894.
- Give me a break! The first chocolate bar was invented in Bristol in 1847.
- Pinkies up! The Brits drink 165 million cups of tea a day, 20 times more than Americans.
- What’s that you say? Accents change noticeably about every 25 miles in Britain.
- Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn!
- Quarrymen-mania? The Fab Four went through several band names before landing on The Beatles.
- Ride another day. The “007” code for James Bond was inspired by author Ian Fleming’s everyday bus route.
- Fore! You can thank the Scots for inventing the often-frustrating game of golf.
- Cheers! Your dram of Scotch whisky may have aged for three or more years, but the peat used to dry the barley was somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 years old.
