From funky, to funny and downright FORE, good ole Britain is steeped in goodness … and a decent share of unusual facts. Check out our top 10 fascinating facts:
-
Everywhere in England is no more than 120km from the ocean.
-
The world’s oldest music shop opened in Cardiff in 1894.
-
The first chocolate bar was invented in Bristol in 1847.
-
Brits drink 165 million cups of tea a day, much more than the 1.4 million cups of tea that Aussie’s drink per day!
-
Accents noticeably change about every 40km in Britain.
-
The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn!
-
The Fab Four went through several different band names before landing on The Beatles
-
Inspiration for the ‘007’ code for James Bond, came from Ian Fleming’s everyday bus route.
-
Fore! You can thank the Scottish for inventing the game of golf.
📷 by @ralexander100 -
While a dram of Scotch whisky may have aged for three or more years, the peat used to dry the barley is usually somewhere between 1000 and 5000 years old.