10 facts about England

Answer 1

1. 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.

2. The highest temperature ever recorded in England was 38.5°C (101.3°F ) in Brogdale, Kent, on 10 August 2003.

3. French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066 till 1362.

4. The English class system is not determined by money, but by one's background (family, education, manners, way of speaking...). Many nouveau-riches, like pop-stars or football players, insist on their still belonging to the lower or middle class.

5. British police do not carry guns except in emergencies.

6. The world's largest second-hand book market can be found at Hay-on-Wye, a small village at the border of England and Wales. The village is also famous for proclaiming itself independent from the UK in 1977.

7. The national anthem of the United States ("The Star-Spangled Banner") was composed by an Englishman, John Stafford Smith (1750-1836) from Gloucester.

8. Windsor castle is the oldest and largest royal residence in the world still in use.

9. The statue of Anteros on Piccadilly Circus (1892) was the world's first statues to be cast in aluminium.

10. London Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airports by international passenger traffic, and the third for total traffic.