• England is 74 times smaller than the United States.
• The highest temperature in England on record is 101.3 degrees F.
• The British police don't carry guns except for emergencies.
• England is 74 times smaller than the USA
• The first public zoo in England opened in London in 1829. It was also a world's first.
• Although you won't see it in any modern royal courts, animals were tried and convicted based on the bad deeds they were involved with in Medieval England. Their owners were fined if damages occurred.
• Windsor Castle is the largest royal home in the world. It is also the oldest still in use as a royal residence.
• The first hot chocolate store opened in London around 1600. Ironically it was started and run by a Frenchman who made it very popular to drink hot chocolate
• If you ate breakfast in Medieval England, you were also often served beer.
• The first telephone directory for England was published in 1880 and contained 25 names.
• Queen Victoria loved Valentine's Day cards. In fact, during her reign, she sent nearly 2500 cards a year.
• The English gulp down more tea than anyone else on Earth. Even though Americans enjoy their tea also, the English use about 20 times more.
• There are over 300 languages spoken by people in the country of England.
• Big Ben is not the name of the entire building that contains the clock. The name is actually what the bell inside the tower is called. The structure is actually called St Stephen's Tower.
• The tallest Ferris wheel in Europe is housed in London. It was called Millennium Wheel.

* England is 74 times smaller than the USA, 59 times smaller than Australia and 3 times smaller than Japan. England is however 2.5 times more populous than Australia, and 1.5 times more populous than California. With 2.5 times less inhabitants than Japan, its density of population is slightly higher than the country of the rising sun. * The highest temperature ever recorded in England was 38.5°C (101.3°F ) in Brogdale, Kent, on 10 August 2003. * English people consume more tea per capita than anybody else in the world (2.5 times more than the Japanese and 22 times more than the Americans or the French). * London used to be the largest and most influential city in the world. With a population of 12 million, it remains the largest city in Europe. * Among the three ghosts said to haunt Athelhampton House, one of them is an ape. * English people have the highest obesity rate in the European Union (22.3% of men and 23% of women). They also have the highest percentage of overweight women (33.6%) and the 6th highest for men (43.9%).