AMERICAN REACTS TO FACTS ABOUT THE UK! 🤯 (FINALE)

[@FavourInternational]

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[@gemmathorpe954]

birmingham used to be the capital

[@jamess6961]

The commonwealth countries have all had referendums (vote) on still being part of the crown, and all voted to stay. Some of them are more loyal to 🇬🇧 than British people.! Hawaii still has the 🇬🇧flag in the corner of theirs even though an American state 🤗

[@gillianrimmer7733]

Pocahontas was married to an English man called John Rolfe. She never married John Smith, and it is doubtful that there was any romantic relationship between them. She had one son, Thomas Rolfe, and has many living descendents - including Nancy Reagan.

[@markrussell9466]

Im pretty sure the reason for pokihontis’s burial in England was for the fact that back then to get to America would take around 3 months since they relied on sails to move a ship and her body would have decayed way before she even got back to her village

[@mitchelliason9935]

I don't have instagram but please could you react to lady leshurr dynamite she is a uk rapper and she is sooo good Nicki bought her out on the uk leg of her queen tour 🔥🔥

[@ratowey]

Our Magna Carta from 1215 influenced your Constitution. We have had rights for 800 years, Americans seem amazed that other countries often have better freedoms than they have. Don't forget the UK is a democracy too, we may have a monarchy but we vote for our Government. Also our eras are named after the Monarch i.e Victorian, Edwardian etc

[@j05h80]

You know the the US isn’t ranked as a full democracy? Whereas the U.K. and most of Europe is

[@alexcook8301]

Facts America isn't free 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jay92925]

Who cares about that though it’s the home of democracy don’t forget 😒

[@maryhook9478]

Unlike the UK the USA has not prosecuted and put people in prison for voicing an opinion or making a joke. Luckily the US has the 1st amendment which is under vicious attack by Biden and the Democrats they want to expunge it. Nigeria is in a much worse state now than it was when it was a British Colony.

[@pluggy10]

@@Jay92925 Democracy was created in Greece long before the Americas were 'discovered

[@geekygalaxy4307]

@@Jay92925 Democracy was invented in Ancient Greece

[@Tom-bs1em]

In the UK a there are only British passports and everyone in the UK is a British citizen therefore there are no passports required when travelling across the nations.

[@aaranoconnor4104]

Yes you also don’t need a passport to travel to the republic or Ireland either

[@ThatDamnPandaKai]

The Pocahontas/John Smith relationship is a Disney thing. She actually married John Rolfe who was British (She was 18 at the time). She got sick when she went with her son to England and died there, hence why she's buried there.

[@Zestal0]

Hey Favour. The UK does have rights, in fact global human rights were based off of the British Magna Carter which is our version of the constitution it just was never written down on paper I believe. Someone feel free to correct if I'm wrong, I'm sure I read this somewhere at some point.

[@nathaneccleston9824]

Magna Carter didn't actually give rights to ordinary English people, rather it just weakened the power of the King (King John at the time), in relation to his Barons. However, it did guarantee the right to trial by jury, the right to protection from unlawful imprisonment and bound the King to the law and legal procedures. The UK constitution that you confused it with, is 'unwritten' (a better word for it would be 'uncodified' as some of it is written down, just not in a single document). The sources of the UK constitution include: -Statutory law (Acts of Parliament, ie: Human Rights Act). -Common law (Judge made law). -Conventions (traditions of how the system works; ie collective cabinet responsibility). -The Royal perogative (exercised by the government on behalf of the Monarch, ie: the power to declare war). -EU law (complicated post-brexit). -Authoritative works and constitutional documents (ie: Baghot's The English Constitution, Magna Carter etc).

[@carolinekofahl8867]

The Magna Carta was writen down - not on paper though but on parchment. There are still 2-3 copies as far as I know 🤔

[@hyrulesarnian932]

@@carolinekofahl8867 There are 17 surviving copies.

[@carolinekofahl8867]

@@hyrulesarnian932 Wonderful 💐

[@darrinslack1269]

@@carolinekofahl8867 ones in lincoln castle

[@XiOjala]

Return the body of Pocahontus to her family in America in 1617???? You know they didn't have refridgeration in those days, right?

[@martingibbs1179]

London has always been big and important since Roman times while Birmingham only really developed in the industrial age. The history of power is in London not Birmingham.

[@grapeman63]

That is true but London did not emerge as the capital of England until the 12th century and even this is debatable. Is the capital the City of London or the City of Westminster? The seat of power is definitely in Westminster. The first Roman capital was Colchester and later York. The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms each had their own capitals. Mercia's was at Tamworth while Wessex's was at Winchester. Once Aethelstan united the country the capital shifted to Winchester. Under Cnut the Danelaw capital at Northampton became important. William I resided in London but did not proclaim it his capital. London did not emerge as the capital until the end of The Anarchy.

[@irateofwatford]

@@grapeman63 The Anarchy being the period of civil war between 1135 and 1153.

[@_starfiend]

@@grapeman63 In most respects the 'capital' was simply wherever the king had his court. And this is true for much of Europe as well.

[@grapeman63]

@@_starfiend This is true throughout most of the Saxon period in England. However by the late 9th century the idea of a permanent capital had emerged. Alfred (848 - 899) declared Winchester to be the permanent capital of Wessex, whilst Tamworth was the permanent capital of Mercia by the time of Alfred's daughter, Aethelflaed.

[@_starfiend]

@@grapeman63 It's always hard to be certain about some things, but William I (AKA The Bastard & The Conqueror) had no set capital, neither did William Rufus (William II). It's debatable as to whether there was a truly permanent capital even by the time of Richard or John. Although both were crowned in London they were never there so many historians dispute the claim that London was a fixed capital even then, that the capital was wherever the King happened to be.

[@irateofwatford]

17:21 "Nobody bothered to write the laws down". Hogwash. In England there were laws being written down from the time of King Aethelbehrt of Kent, between c.589 and 616, and in Wales there were the laws of King Hywel Dda (10th century), many of which are still available in writing. (BTW: Hywel Dda is pronounced "howl tha". Howell the Good.)

[@Thenerdywalrus]

I wouldn't call 1971 castle times, thats when our currency went to its modern decimal form

[@heathergibson2108]

That made me laugh and feel old.. my pocket money was half a crown Wait I am old lol

[@JD-eo7dr]

I thought that......She makes this school dropout seem really quite educated

[@PD-jk5hd]

England doesn't have an official national anthem but instead uses the British anthem. In my opinion it would make sense if we used the hymn "Jerusalem" as it mentions England specifically. Wales and Scotland have their own anthems

[@Jewpacabraaa]

No need for a passport when travelling throughout the UK, you don’t even notice that you have passed the Scottish/English border unless you are paying attention to road signs.

[@KellyIsShort]

We have rights here, we just don’t need them in writing as it’s most of us know what we can and can’t do etc. Also, the NHS is an absolute lifesaver! As a clumsy person, they’ve been really helpful in my 20 years of life so far. Also, Shakespeare isn’t the one who plotted against the queen, it was a relative of his. Shakespeare, as far as I’m aware, was pretty okay.

[@KellyIsShort]

@Wong Washer of course we have freedom of speech! What on earth gave you the idea that we dont?

[@7lillie]

Pocahontas has descendants in England, I don't think it would have been easy to send back her body over a long voyage!

[@sammygirl5835]

Particularly as they don’t know exactly where her grave is in the graveyard. The location of it and many other graves was lost when the church was rebuilt after a fire.

[@Spiklething]

Newly qualified nurse in the UK earns around £25,000. Thats around $33,000.

[@boli2746]

Although you tend to get more for your £ than your $ even factoring in the higher tax rate. So whilst the rate works out at $33k you are able to live the equivilent lifestyle as if you were earning aroudn $50k in the US Yes - still lower; but outside the southeast you'll live comfortablly on £25k; on £60k a year you'd be considered wealthy - once again, outside the south east.

[@patriciaburke6639]

At today’s exchange rate of: £1 = $1.41 £25k is $35,250.00

[@callxmx9213]

Please stop calling us subjects, it makes me cringe every time 😂

[@irateofwatford]

23:20 "Jacobean" is anything to do with the reign of James I of England - 1603-1625 - (who was also James VI of Scotland from 1567 onwards). Nothing to do with the ***Jacobites*** who only came online from about 1690 to 1746. The Jacobite rebellions weren't about the Scots fighting the English as there were Scots and English on both sides. They were wars about who should control the crown of Britain and Ireland - but that has nothing to do with Jacobean drama..

[@carolinekofahl8867]

Pound, shilling and pence is not so long ago (to some of us 🤣). I learned to add up pound, shilling and pence in school - not as easy as you would think, as there were 12 pence to a shilling and 20 shilling to a pound 🤔💷💷💷 The British prime minister in 2001 (9/11) was Tony Blair, Labour 😊

[@dominicgeaves5697]

The british national Anthem is God Save the King/Queen, the English national anthem is a song called Jerusalem, Wales & Scotland have there own anthem as well as Cornwall when they were there own Country they also have there own language Kernewek (Cornish)

[@eleanorharvey4063]

Hi Favour !! You don't need to take your passport to different areas of the UK if you are driving or taking the train to them i.e. you can drive right through from England to Wales :)

[@nicksykes4575]

The reason for the 2 mph speed limit was because you had to have a man with a red warning flag walking in front of the car, to alert pedestrians and horse riders of the cars approach.

[@martingibbs1179]

Initially people were so unsure of cars that there was a law that said a man had to walk in front of a steam car waving a red flag to warn pedestrians and other road users.

[@books.reviews.pelhamhardim9758]

Rights: Magna Carta 1215. Bill of Rights 1689.

[@weeddegree]

The industrial revolution was based in the midlands, Birmingham and surrounding cities.. we have more canals than Venice which was used as a transport Avenue.

[@Tom-bs1em]

Also there is something called the Commonwealth Realm which consists of 16 countries which have the queen as the Head of State

[@ftumschk]

16:32 The earliest writings discovered in Britain were Roman inscriptions dating to the 1st Century AD, thousands of years after Stonehenge was first built.

[@stevetheduck1425]

There are a few pre-Roman pictograms that may be 'language' carved on stones where the Picts lived, but whether it's writing or drawings is unfortunately debatable. There is also a set of characters made of lines called 'ogham' that was used in the Bronze Age into the Iron Age, which also seems to have included latin characters. It seems to function similarly to the Norse runic carvings; advice or warning to the educated elite, but sadly it varies so much and is so rare to find, that little has been translated of the British Isles script.

[@ftumschk]

@@stevetheduck1425 I understood that Ogham is only believed to date back to the 1st Century BC or thereabouts, with the earliest surviving Ogham inscriptions dated to around the 4th Century AD. I'm unaware of any indigenous writing in the British Isles that dates back as far as the Iron Age.

[@martingibbs1179]

Shakespeare had a 'shotgun' wedding after getting the older lady pregnant. Leaving the second best bed is actually romantic; as the best bed is reserved for guests, so he actually left her the marital bed.

[@MillsyLM]

Of course we have rights here. But just because we have rights it doesn't mean that we HAVE to exercise them. Some overseas people get far too hung up about "the monarchy".

[@oliverbrydges]

10:15 all the colonisers were European, not American (as white people aren’t native there and there were none there at the time)

[@XiOjala]

You, er, do know that sausage skin is made from intestines don't you. Haggis is just the stomach skin. Same but bigger.

[@bigtummy4824]

The Romans made Londinium the capital of Britain and it has stayed that way since really. Just became London

[@sarahhiggins1515]

Well..give or take. There was a long period of history where England was split into several kingdoms so there were many capitals. Also Winchester was the capital when the Romans were here.

[@louiseglasgow]

US nurses are paid more than UK nurses but UK teachers are paid more than US teachers...

[@siri3208]

Both Thor (Tor) and Loki (Loke) are norse/viking gods. Scandinavian culture next maybe?

[@mikedignum1868]

Londo was situated on a river and major goods port during Roman times.

[@stevetheduck1425]

London's name; etymologists (a popular hobby in Britain) trace the meaning to something like 'Lud's Dun' which can mean 'someone called Lud, his fort'. It's on a map published some years ago of the meanings of placenames as just 'Hillfort', though. From the stone age, villages that needed to defend themselves needed water, food, defence and building materials. A sandy hill only accessible by boat, close to the river crossing-point nearest the sea in an area with many rivers and forests was ideal. Berlin's origin was similar, as was Paris's. Butchered mammoth bones have been found under London.

[@harrymarshall]

🎉🙄 ,, lugh lamhfada ,, surely you've heard of lughnasa 🤔🤔🤔 or was lod,, nuada argelentam?? or llea llaw gywffes,, or Lakshmi

[@fletch397]

We made the Magna Carta, yes we do have rights

[@fletch397]

No you don't need a passport, I haven't actually seen any border control between the UK countries anyway it's just a normal road

[@bigtummy4824]

I’d say the Britain/US relationship is like siblings. You bicker about meaningless things but have each others backs

[@melvincain5012]

London developed due to the River Thames when the Romans created their settlement there

[@henriettethoresenbreen4421]

The pyramids were made as graves for the pharaohs. I’m also quite sure there are information on how they were made, but what I’ve heard is confusing. Constitutional monarchies do usually have constitutions, Britain’s was just not written down. The Norwegian was made BEFORE the country CHOSE through a democratic election to be a monarchy. And every country who’s a part of the UN recognise human rights. Thor (Tor) is also from Nordic mythology that’s why he talked about Asgard. And the white building they showed when they talked about Shakespeare is the Globe. His theatre though rebuilt multiple times obviously, the materials were not fire proof.

[@sammygirl5835]

The Queen does’t own all the swans, she only owns the unmarked swans on one stretch of the a Thames. The majority of Commonwealth nations are fully independent, Nigeria became independent in 1960 - wow you mum is way older than me!

[@gogledhol]

The unofficial anthem of England is “Jerusalem” and it’s sung at rugby games. The national anthem of the United Kingdom is god save the queen. If you haven’t heard jerusalem I’d recommend it, it sounds a bit boring by itself but when thousands of fans are chanting it it sounds pretty cool

[@michaelprobert4014]

The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of independent countries . A connection to the British Empire is no longer required for membership ( Mozambique , for example , previously ruled by the Portuguese ) You need to apply for membership . England ( or the United Kingdom as we call it , England being but one of the countries of the UK , like Florida is but one state of the USA ) has absolutely no control over these countries . The Queen being head of the Commonwealth is no more significant to the UK controlling the Commonwealth than the Portuguese Secretary General of the United Nations meaning Portugal controls the UN The Queen , though head of state of 16 or 15 Commonwealth Realms , she can act only in that country as the Queen of that Country . Leading to interesting situations where , for example , Pakistan was at war with India in the name of the Queen and India was at war with Pakistan in the name of the Queen and Her Majesty's UK government was trying to find a peace between the two of them .

[@michaelprobert4014]

The United Kingdom has no official anthem . God Save The Queen/King is the de facto anthem ( existing in fact but not necessarily by right )

[@alexcook8301]

We are all from the UK its a country of countries its like you going from LA to Miami your just going to a different state in your country

[@martingibbs1179]

Rather than ownership of swans its more like hunting rights. The queen doesn't own them all as some swans are still owned by worshipful guilds. Back in the day the Normans who liked hunting set up 'forests', which were areas of land where hunting was reserved for the crown. Basically the Queen has rights on all unmarked swans so if you kill an unmarked swan its poaching unless you have permission of the crown.

[@Disco_Breakin]

York is well worth a visit next time you are in th UK. It hasbl a proper cathedral you can go to the top of. It has a city wall you can walk on. Possibly patroling for any passing Scottish with bow and arrow. It has very very old buildings and my favourite street, Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate.

[@gerdpapenburg7050]

04:25 - Labskaus is actually German. It is called Labskovs in Denmark Lapskaus in Norway Lappsko in Sweden Scouse in Liverpool

[@Wolfy20856]

To get into Scotland and Wales from England (and vice versa) you don’t need a passport.

[@louiseglasgow]

Eras are periods of history, not just for playwrights, but for everything. You could still say it's weird that they are named after kings and queens, but they wouldn't have been named after someone like Shakespeare.

[@artvid-1915]

Watch the video for Three Lions by the lightning seeds and David Baddeil and Frank Skinner. I've been playing that song on repeat now the Euros are on 😂😂 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ENGLAND!

[@irateofwatford]

There was no romance going on between Pocahontas (or Mrs Rebecca Rolfe to use her married name) and John Smith. The lucky man was John Rolfe.

[@irateofwatford]

@@hugh-hoof-hearts4360 Whatever. John Smith was about 36 (old for the time) and Pocahontas was still a child when she saved his life.

[@proffzzix9139]

Stonehenge is where people go but you cannot get up close. A few miles away is Avebury Stone circle where you can get right up to the stones and touch them

[@sarahhiggins1515]

As with most things a lot of things that are English are also British. So Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have their own governments that answer to the British government but England only has the British government. Same with the national anthem. God save the Queen is the national anthem for the UK and for England but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own as well. It was the English that conquered the others so England is the home of the government, the monarch and the capital (although Scotland and England were united by a Scottish king being the only heir for the English throne (James the I of England and VI of Scotland) but he chose England as his base of power).

[@hannahfree7279]

The average starting wage for nurses is around £20,000 to £30,000 not sure on the exact figure but it’s around this

[@XiOjala]

Members of the Commonwealth are now completely free and independent countries. They are not obliged even to be members of the Commonwealth as is evidenced by The Gambia which left the Commonwealth under Yahya Jammeh and then rejoined under Adama Barrow.

[@jakobsen27]

Thor is a Norse God

[@stupewpew8295]

Hi Favour, would you check out The Royal Navy field gun race? the first race was in 1907, there are videos on KZbin from 10 to 30mins long,I watched as a kid in the 80s.

[@sarahhiggins1515]

Yes we can just travel between Scotland, Wales, England etc without borders because we are all under the same government. It’s a sovereign state of four countries. It’s easier as an American to think about the UK as a country and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as states. They have some autonomy (state laws) but ultimately answer to the government of the United Kingdom (federal laws).

[@littlemouse7066]

nowadays Nigeria is a terrible and dangerous place and women are treated badly.

[@Ja-uu9ep]

You can just drive between england and wales and in some cases you might not realise you've done so until you see welsh road signs

[@MetalRocksMe.]

In the uk 🇬🇧 everyone has a British passport. You don’t need a passport to go from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 or Northern Ireland. It’s all one entity…

[@randomclips32533]

you also dont need a passport to enter ireland, an id is fine

[@robertmaccallum8390]

As for Stone Henge...why oh why do so many people, including archaeologists, explain away everything they don't know about big buildings with "it must be religious/have spiritual significance". If you don't know, you don't know.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Stonehenge was altered a number of to keep it accurate to the drifting alignments of the Earth with the stars, and also to include stones from other stone circles from far away. The expense and importance of central control suggests a 'social control function' over a large area as the reason for Stonehenge. Secret knowledge of an accurate, perhaps predictive calendar may have been enough to amaze a society of farmers. Something caused the power to drift away from the centre, perhaps because the circle was no longer maintained or calibrated, so the political / religious power vanished.

[@njm57]

I agree but more and more is being discovered, Woodhenge and other linked sites, geological features creating a track that follows the line of the sun at summer and winter solstice, perhaps influencing the choice of the site. The discovery of the movement of the Blue Stones from a previous circle in Wales. It all beings to show a time line and usage for the components of a very complex site. It's fascinating.

[@irateofwatford]

But archaeology has shown that the standing stones were surrounded by a ring of graves of high-status individuals. In short, it was a posh people's cemetery. The problem is that there is no European writing going that far back.

[@dominique8233]

Ownership is sometimes a way to simply protect something as in the swans. If they weren't protected not sure they wouldn't have all been eaten by now. Illegal in most of Europe now but not Denmark apparently.

[@jontaylor1587]

hello favour there's only a british passport for the british Isles. the only sign you'll see crossing that border is a sign welcoming you to that country.

[@chwilhogyn]

Average NHS Nurse gets between $41K to $58.5K a year. Average NHS Doctor gets between $85K to $102K.

[@nicolepritchard1882]

The town I live in is on top of the border 3\4 in Wales 1\4 in England and all we have is a line so you can take a picture of your feet on either side of the border 😂

[@noone-y3223]

Haggis - traditionally stomach not intestines is Scottish :)

[@dpsm4425]

Unlike countries that have written down rights, like the USA, In the UK you are allowed to do anything you want, so long as there isn't a law banning it.

[@louiseglasgow]

Slippers are what some people wear in the home, especially evenings/mornings. Most injuries happen in the home I think

[@flamed_skull3107]

Don't say soccer when you talk about football please

[@rogerwitte]

I think that Big Ben and The Liberty Bell were both cast at the same bell foundry

[@downsman1]

They were, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry (establishes in Elizabeth I days).

[@daviddodge9607]

Just to let you know , the queen does not own all swans 🦢 in the uk 🇬🇧. Just those in a few areas , mostly the royal 👑 london parks

[@hannahfree7279]

You won’t need a passport when travelling in other countries in the uk , like sometimes when travelling to places you will go from England to wales multiple times in one trip depending on the road obviously

[@sdsds49]

If you come to the UK again you should definitely visit Manchester. There has been a giant increase in tourism in recent years. As a mancunian I can say it’s worth a visit.

[@merseydave1]

Our N.H.S. is 73 years old today ... it started on the 5th of July 1948 ... the british Labour Party in Government put into practice on that date ... Long Live Our N.H.S. Long live my Our Labour Party x.x.x.

[@rogerwitte]

Mostly, Shakespeare incorporated words from obscure dialects into the core language.

[@nootnoot4325]

you should for sure react to horrible histories, specifically the songs :)

[@geekygalaxy4307]

Stone hedge was probably a calendar marking the summer and winter solstice

[@arroncastle3663]

13:00 Giggs - Talkin' da hardest is the UK National anthem...

[@taylor2m4rc]

In the UK, you are legally allowed to do anything you like *unless* it's specifically against the law which is different to most countries which doe it in reverse. So yeah, we have lots of rights under common law.

[@rolandscales9380]

23:22 Jacobean, not Jacobite! Not the same thing.

[@trevorbaynham8810]

As others have said we don't even slow down for the Scottish / Welsh borders - I knew I had entered Wales when I noticed that the road signs were all in 2 languages. So for example it would say SLOW on the road and below or above it, it also says ARAF. With Stonehenge - very close to this time of year druids, pagans and others gather at Stonehenge (I don't know if covid has restricted it) to be there for the summer solstice (which in the UK is on 21 June) the sun lines up with the stones in a certain way

[@littlemouse7066]

in Britain property of the Queen means property of the State. Imagine the animals in a park reserve where you can't hunt because the place is protected. It's the same thing.

[@leilahasanov3585]

When travelling across borders within UK we don’t need passports since although England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are their own countries they also form a country together. So I live in England but have a close friend who lives in Wales and I just drove there and didn’t need a passport or anything.

[@olly5764]

No we don't have to get our passport stamped to move between the various countries of the UK Nigeria was a territory of BRITAIN not ENGLAND they are not the same thing. The countries of the commonwealth have rather more than their own rights, they are entirely separate countries. there is no confusion about the bridges, the one with the towers is Tower Bridge, how is that confusing? The main reason London is bigger than Birmingham is London is a very old established port, Birmingham has no rivers and so until the canals came along, no way to easily get goods in and out, so was a small place until only a couple of hundred years ago. Owning a swan isn't quite like owning a human being, if you think about it, the swans are legally protected, the humans were not so fortunate. God Save the Queen is both the English and British National anthem, the Welsh have Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau and the Scots have Flower of Scotland.

[@FavourInternational]

I think I finally get the British sense of humor?? 😂

[@John-qh5dv]

If were offending you were joking If were offending you were serious Get it🤣🤣

[@jayjay4spurs]

UK wear slippers indoors, soft indoor shoe either with hard rubber sole or soft sole with small rubber grip dots, there's different type of slipper: mule or slip on are the most coomon type of wear or slipper socks with rubber grip dots on the bottom can keep your feet nice & warm in the winter

[@ninjacat4929]

John Smith was British !

[@jodiewhiteside4194]

My favourite about country slang is even people in neighbouring counties don't understand each other. Clearest example is grockles and emmet meaning tourist in different places.

[@julescantii7236]

Shakespeare relative is nothing, one of my ancestors was hung, drawn & quartered for Regicide on the command of Oliver Cromwell.

[@chelseamewsbodycorporate9851]

God save the Queen is England's official anthem. The hymn Jerusalem is the unofficial anthem of England

[@shournharber4772]

America's states that act just like scotland, wales etc. There is no border/chechpoints

[@croceyzx2433]

I live 15-20 minutes away from Stone henge...yet...iv never gone :(

[@dawnlizreads]

This is more a question than a comment but did Shakespeare really come up with all those words? Or was he just the first to write them down? Seems a bit odd he would make up words as no one watching his plays would understand? And unrelated, what the eff is with the multiple plays about the different Henrys (and why the need write them in several parts?)

[@rbweston]

God Save the Queen (King when a male on throne), Is the defacto National Anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelands. However, there is nothing in Law proclaiming it, it just is. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Irelands have their Anthems, but again there's nothing legally binding about them. Why doesn't England have a seperate Anthem; well some like the England Cricket team have used the Hymm "Jerusalam" as an Anthem. Maybe we need a National Anthem, and a Royal Anthem, in Her Majesty's pressence.

[@boosterbaboon]

In lieu of a constitution we had the Magna Carta, on which all our basic rights are founded. It also forms the basis of US rights and laws, as these were based on English law anyhow

[@mattbelcher4604]

The reason why Birmingham isn’t the main attraction is because London is the CAPITAL

[@edenrushworth9369]

Also, technically Birmingham isn't the next largest after London if you count Greater Manchester

[@bh5380]

Thor, a Greek god… I thought I heard it all