Learn some interesting information about England while enjoying a range of fun facts and trivia that’s perfect for everyone. Read about its the history, culture, food, technology, population and much more. The Top 10 fun Facts about England-

Fact 10- About England’s History

• The “London bridge is falling Down” rhyme may be over 100 decades old. It may also factor to the many fires and collapses bridge was susceptible to over to over the centuries, and take a dig at ‘my fair lady’ or King Eleanor who may not have created the best use of bridge revenues.

• Queen Elizabeth I is distantly associated with Vlad the Impaler, the notorious Romanian leader who provided rise to Dracula stories!
• Winston Churchill was dreadful in school, except in English composition and history. Actually, he failed twice at the entrance examinations for the Royal Military College, before going on to become one of Britain’s most popular primary ministers!

Fact 9- About England’s Culture & Festival

• The British consume more tea than most other countries around the globe, even more than the Japanese people.
• Halloween is one of many cultures that have their origins in Scottish pagan tradition. On Oct 31, Halloween used to be celebrated as All Hallows, or All Saints’ Day on On 31 October. This was also an essential date on the Celtic calendar, recognized as the feast of the Dead(Samhuinn), during which spirits are said to returning back to haunt the residing.

Facts 8-About England’s Geography

There is only a 21-mile gap between England and France and the countries are connected by the Route Tunnel which opened in 1994.

Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England, which stands at around 3,209 ft in height.

The longest river discovered entirely in England is the River Thames, it flows through London and is a little bit shorter than the River Severn at around  215 miles( 346 kilometers) in length.

Facts 7- About the English Language

• Ghost words’ have often shown up in dictionaries, but they actually indicate nothing. The Oxford English Dictionary probably misprinted the word ne-moubliemies for ‘forget-me-nots’ into ‘momblishness’, which it defined as ‘muttering talk’.
• Many and scientific and medical phrases come from Greek words. Words that begin with ph – are usually of Greek origin! Think, physical, phobia, philosophy etc.
• Pyjamas was basically an Indian Bengali word produced from Persian that came into the English language.
• Squirrel’ comes from a Greek word significance ‘shadow tail’

Facts 6- About English Words

• The ‘daisy’ word is shorter from ‘day’s eye’ because the daisy opens and closes with the day.
• The letter X is not a new icon for a kiss in text sms. It was first used in a 1763 letter from Gilbert White, who was a naturalist.

Facts 5- About England’s Food  

• The  ‘spotted dick’ in England and snigger are a dried fruit and suet pudding generally served with custard in Britain.
• The  Bletted Medlars in England. Sounds odd, and even stranger, it is made by enabling a small apple-like fruit rot (medlars). The unusual thing is, the rotted fruit is actually delicious!

Fact 4- About Christmas in England

• Christmas dinners usually feature ‘devil on horseback’ on the table – dates or prunes covered in bacon.omwell! The purpose was to control gluttony.

Facts 3 About England’s Sports

• Football (soccer) is the most preferreds port in England, others such as rugby and cricket have large followings.
• The Summer Olympic Games have been organized in London 3 times, in 1908, 1948 and 2012.

Fact 2- About England’s Invention

• Champagne was invented in 1662, England by scientist Christopher Merret the first postage stamps appeared in England. The first Penny Post was invented in the 1680′ by entrepreneur William Dockwra.
• England was the first industrialized nation after the industrial revolution that started about 1760.
• English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee is attributed with inventing the World Wide Web.

Facts 1- About  Queen Elizabeth

• Queen Elizabeth II travels with her feather pillows and own toilet seat. She is the only individual in Britain who travels without a passport. She is also the only person for whom Harrods used to close its doors to the public for one day a year so she could do her Christmas shopping.
• Queen Elizabeth II feeds her corgis herself with the fillet of beef from a silver platter with a silver fork. A royal “pooper scooper” takes care of the “afters” with a various sort of platter and gets paid to do to his full-time duties.

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