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What traditions are celebrated in the UK? Describe them.

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What traditions are celebrated in the UK? Describe them.

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Tova, Adam, Wilmer

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Valentine’s day is a celebration held on the 14th of february every year. It is celebrated all over the world but it’s not the same in every country. It often involves giving your partner a gift like chocolates or roses. In addition they often go out on dinners in the evening so restaurants are often fully booked.For single people can be a hard day but even if you dont have a partner you can always hang out on valentine’s day clubs and meet new romantic interests. In the UK there’s sometimes held a speed dating event which is when you talk to multiple people in a short period of time and in the end tell the organizer ho you are interested in.

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Pancake day (also called shrove tuesday) is a tradition mainly celebrated in english speaking countries like the UK, Canada and USA. Like the name suggest it’s a day where people eat very much pancakes. It is always celebrated on a tuesday in february or march and its always celebrated the day before ash wednesday which is the start of lent which is a period of 40 days before easter. Sometimes on pancake day people have a pancake race which is when people run with a pancake in a pan and throw the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan again. People have been celebrating pancake day since 1445 so that’s almost 600 years.

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St Patrick’s Day is religious celebration held on the 17th of March ever year to celebrate the death of the Saint Patrick of Ireland. Even tough is mainly celebrated in Ireland it is widely celebrated in the UK and the rest of the british overseas territories. On St Patrick’s day it is very normal for adults to drink large amounts of alcohol and other drinks. St Patrick’s day was made a traditional christian feast day as early in the 17th century.

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The name was given to various annual celebrations characterised with bonfires and fireworks. The event celebrates different traditions on different dates which depends on the country. Some of the most popular instances is 'Guy Fawkes Night' on 5th November in Britain. 'Eleventh Night' celebrated on 11th July in Northern Ireland, 'St John eve' celebrated on 23rd June, 'Bealtaine eve' celebrated on 30 April and 'Halloween' on 31st October.

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Apple day is a celebration mainly held in the UK but some other countries also celebrate it. It is held every year on the 21st of October but sometimes it held to the weekend closest to the 30th of October. The celebrations can be everything from small apple games in your backyard to large markets of people selling apples, apple cider and much more. The date of the first apple day held is the 21st of October 1990. By the 21 century it was
celebrated in around 600 villages or towns.

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Halloween is very big in the UK.  It’s celebrated on the 31st October every year. We celebrate Halloween then because the celtic year ended on october 31st. The celts was the people that ruled Ireland back then. Halloween is originally from Ireland, but it spread to the UK because Northern Ireland is still part of the UK. Eventually Halloween spread to almost the whole world.
On Halloween children in the UK dresses up in costumes, asking for trick or treat. It’s also common  that families decorate their houses whit light and pumpkins. Whits is a big win for the store's.

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Guy Fawkes Night, also known as 'Guy Fawkes Day' is an annual commemoration observed on 5th November primarely in the United Kingdom. The events history styarts on 5th November 1605 O.S when Guy Fawkes (a member of the gunpowder plot) was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed under the 'House of Lords'. Celebrating the fact that King James the 1st had survived the attampt on his life, people lit bonfires around London; and monthes later the 'Observance of 5th November act' enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plots failure.

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Christmas is celebrated on the 25th in December in the Uk. It is very common for families to celebrate Christmas together. So that they can see everyone open their gifts. Most of the families in the Uk have a Christmas tree in their house. And the decoration of it usually includes the whole family.
The Christmas dinner usually includes turkey and roasted vegetables.

There are many villages and towns that are decorated with candles at Christmas. One famous street is Oxford Street in London, where thousands of people come  to see the candles lit every November. It’s usually a famous person that lights the Christmas lights.

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Write, and describe, at least 10 "must sees" and "must dos" when visiting the UK

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Write, and describe, at least 10 "must sees" and "must dos" when visiting the UK

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Elisa, Tyra, Algot

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Mention at least 10 important people from the UK. Politicians,Authors, Kings and Queens

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Mention at least 10 important people from the UK. Politicians,Authors, Kings and Queens

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Troja, Fabian, Melissa

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Important things that has happened in the history of the UK. The British empire.

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Important things that has happened in the history of the UK. The British empire.

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Joseph, Alma

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What sports are common in the UK? Describe them.

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What sports are common in the UK? Describe them.

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Hugo, Vera

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Give examples of traditional British food and drinks.

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Give examples of traditional British food and drinks.

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Jenny, Amanda, Zilan

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Climate, Currency, flags, capitals, geography and other interesting facts.

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Climate, Currency, flags, capitals, geography and other interesting facts.

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Troy, Theo, Kira

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What are the differences and similarities between schools in the UK and schools in Sweden?

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What are the differences and similarities between schools in the UK and schools in Sweden?

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Zeina, Freja, Tindra

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Famous actors/actresses, singers, comedians, rock/pop groups from the UK

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Famous actors/actresses, singers, comedians, rock/pop groups from the UK

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Edwin, My, Hilma

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in the UK they eat bacon and potatoes, sausage and a, scrambled eggs,

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The UK has a temperate climate. This means that Britain gets cold, wet winters and warm, wet summers. It rarely features the heat or cold, drought or wind that are common in other climates. The weather is also very changeable in different parts of the country.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpykxsg/revision/3

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The Falklands War was a war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982. It was a 10-week war over two British dependent territories, the Falkland Islands. The war led to a British victory due to argentinas surrender.
This conflict began second of April when Argentina occupied and invaded the Falkland islands followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. The invasion of Georgia is when Argentine navy forces (armed forces) seized control over the East Coast of South Georgia.
The war between the UK and Argentina lasted for 74 days and ended with that Argentina surrendered on June 14th. When Argentina surrendered they returned the island to British control.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War

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Queen Elizabeth is Born on the 21 of april 1926 in Mayfair in London. She is the Queen of Britain and She has ruled Britain over 65 years and she has also Ruled over Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. Plus she's still alive to this day at a whooping 94 years old

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J.K. Rowling was born on the 31st of July 1965 in Yate in Gloucestershire. She's 55 years old today, but will soon turn 56.   She is a British author, screenwriter and film producer. But she's mostly known for her fantasy novels about Harry Potter, which has sold more than 450 million copies worldwide  and has been translated into 80 languages. When Forbes magazine published its list of billionaires in March 2011, Rowling ended up with $ 1140 billion in fortune. The Harry Potter brand is estimated to be worth $ 25 billion, which is equivalent to approximately SEK 236 billion.

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.K._Rowling

J.K. Rowling

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The most traditional British drinks are Coke (Coca Cola), Fanta.

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The London Eye is a very big ferris wheel that was built to celebrate the year 2000. It is 135 meters high and is the largest in the world. The Eye is so popular that you have to book your ride many weeks before.

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Common dishes in the UK are: Fish & chips, Sunday roast, Shepherds pie, Beef Wellington, Chicken tikka masala and Bangers & mash.

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The mainland of Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) is long and narrow.
The highest mountain are in the north of Scotland and Wales.
There are about 4,000 islands around the coast
The seas around britain are tidal.
This means that at low tide you man have to walk hundreds of meters further.
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Capitals:
England: England’s capital is London, the population is almost at 9 million people.

Wales: Wales capital is Cardiff, the population is at 330 thousand people.

Scotland: Scotlands capital is Edinburgh, the population is 480 thousand people.

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The battle of Hastings was a battle in the north of London in an area called Sussex. The battle was between William the Conquerer and King Harold who ever won became the king. William managed to win and Harold died through an arrow that hit his eye. The Battle was in September 1066 and William was crowned king at Christmas and got the nickname the Conquerer. The Battle of Hastings will always be remembered as one of the most important things in Englands and uk’s history.     https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/battle-of-hastings

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In UK they play much football.
It’s bin the biggest sport I UK since
1860s.
Some football teams is.
Celtic how is a scotch Klub.
Liverpool is a Klub in England.
Manchester United is a Klub from Manchester in England

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The Gunpowder plot was an failed attempt to blow up the English Parlament and King James. The plan was to blow up the house of lords and in the process kill King James.

Guy Fawkes also known as Guido Fawkes or John Johnsson was born 13th April 1573 in York and died 31 january 1606. He was an English Catholic who was involved in the gunpowder plot in 1606. Fawkes was caught guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder and was arrested immedliately arrested  by the guards of the house of lord and later died from starvation.      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot

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Madam tuusadus is one turist attraction in London. It is a Washington museum. The museum was created by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. The museum is collection include history, royalty, sports star, film stars and models.

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Many wild animals that used to live in Britain are now extinct.
The mist common wild animals are Foxes, Otters and Badgers.
The only poisonous sanke is the adder.
In remote parts of Scotland there are also deer, the largest wild animal in the U.K. today.

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School is compulsory between the ages of 5 to 16. It is free in Sweden and almost everywhere in the UK. They also need to pay the costs for the trips in the UK such as swimming and theater visits.

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The Elisabeth Tower was built in London. It’s 96 meters high. The tower has five bells and each bell wights 13,5 long tons. The largest bell’s name is Big Ben.

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In the UK their currency is called pounds, and one pound is 11 Swedish crowns.
In Canada they have their own currency but the print is British royalty.

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Willaim Shakespeare was born on the 26th April 1564, sadly he died 1616 on the 23rd April. WIllaim Shakespeare is the most famous of British writers.The playwright is still commemorated for having coined nearly 1,700 of the words and phrases we still use today.
Many consider him not only England's national poet but also world literature's foremost playwright of all time. Already Shakespeare's contemporary colleague Ben Jonson said: "He was not of an age, but for all time".

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

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When you are in UK you can stand with one foot on each side of the prime meridian. But you need to take a boat along the Thames to Greenwich and the olds Royal Observatory. Greenwich is the basic for most other time zones in the world.

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In about 90% of Uk’s of the countries, school uniforms are used. 2015 when on average the children’s guardians had to pay £ 212.88 per child. That is 2 460,39 swedish kr.

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A sunday roast is a traditional british meal made from roasted meat, roast potatoes or mashed potatoes and other stuff such as Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Roasted beef came to England in 1731.

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Christmas
https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/uk.shtml

Halloween
Hittar inte den

Apple day
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Day

Bonfire night
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_Night

Pancakes day
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/pancake-day

Saint Patrick’s day
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day

Guy Fawkes Night
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

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Uk has 1900 golf clubs and 740000 members. Nick Faldo is one of the best golf player in uk.

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Fish & chips is a dish of fried fish served together with chips. It was first served in 1860 by Joseph Malin who opened a fish & chips shop that made an instant success.
Fish and chips is a kind of breeding fish, that you eat French fries to.

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Shepherds pie is a meat pie with toppings of mashed potaotes. It became famous in England in 1854.

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A traditional beef wellington is made with beef tenderloin wrapped in layers of paté, duxelles, Parma ham and puff pastry then baked. It came in 1815.

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Ewan McGregor is a famous actor from the UK. He was born in Perth, Scotland, 1971 and he’s now 49 years old. Ewan McGregor’s breakthrough was in the movie train spotting

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Paul’s cathedral is a church that servived the bombs during the second Word War. It is londons largest and most famous curch.

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Trainspotting is a black comedy-drama
Trainspotting Its about drug abuse
In Scotland.

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Its a traditional dish made with sausages, mashed boiled potatoes with gravy.

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George was horn on the  28th March 1660 in Leineschloss in Hannover. He became the king of Britain in August 1714 and ruled until he died on the 11th June 1727.
George was the first monarchs of Britain and Ireland from the Hannover house. He was 67 years when he died, It was for about 200 years ago he died.

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The British people drink more tea then other people, and the most people drink tea instead of coffe.

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The Conwy Castel is a 700 years old castel. It’s in northern Wales.  The Conwy Castel is famous because it’s so well preserved. The castel (and one more castel) was built in just four years (1283-1287).

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In the west cost of Scotland is there very beautifully islands and it’s called the Hebrides. You can go bout to bout and go to see islands. You can stay there night to night and sleep there and eat breakfast. One beautiful island is called Skye, it’s especially popular whit birds, rambles and nature lover.

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Stephan Hawking is one of the smartest scientists in the history of the world and he was born on the 8 of January 1942 in Oxford. Some of his work is the Big Bang theory and the theory of the cosmos and he sadly passed away 14 Mars in 2018 .

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Rugby comes from football. The sport was invented by William Webb Ellis that was playing a football match when he grab the bal in his hands.

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Tower Bridge is a bridge with two towers and a glass footbridge between that you can walk on. The tower bridge is the most famous terrorist atracion in London. It was build 21 june 1886 and it took eight years to build.

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Loch Ness is the largest loch in Scotland. In Loch Ness people are talking about the Loch monster. Legenz say they have seen a monster in the Urquhart Castle. The best views of the castle are from the water, you can come from a boat or from a drift past on a Loch Ness cruise.

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BESA, the educational suppliers association, is an organisation in the UK. They have control over how much students it is in every school in the UK.

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Snowdonia is a very famous national park in Wales. Over 26 000 peoples live in Snowdonia. Both the highest mountain in Wales and the largest natural lake in Wales is in Snowdonia.

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Many people attracted by the mysterious stone circle. The mysterious stone cicle is made of a rare stone from 160 miles. You can visit the Stonehenge at sunrise at summer solstice.

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The Titanic Belfast is in Belfast in Northern Ireland. It’s the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience. The Titanic was built in Belfast and it’s because of that the muséum is just there.

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J.R.R Tolkien is the creator of the the books of Lord of Rings and Hobbits which later got adapted to several movies later. He was born on the 3 January in 1892 and died on the 2 September of 1972.

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Sean Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1930. He was the main role in seven bond movies

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Adele is a British singer, she was born 1988 in London. She is a jazz singer. Her most famous song is “Someone like you”. She has made three albums and the first album she released 2008.

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Horse racing is one of the sports that most people like to looking at. In January every year is it a race called Clarence House Chase that is one of the biggest horse race in U.K.

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Its 25 movies the famous movies is goldfinger with Sean Connery
James Bond is a British spy.
James Bond is available in video games and computer games.

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Piccadilly Circus is not really a hotspot for tourists, it is more like a stop-gap between destinations. It is crowded with visitors and was built 1819.

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Boris Johnson is a famous politician and has worked on Brexit and he plays tennis in his free time. He was born on the 19 June in 1964

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Margaret was a British chemist, stateswoman and politician who after 11 years became Britain’s longest Prime Minister from the 20th century and the first woman to hold the post. As Prime Minister, she pursued a policy that has come to be known as Thatcherism. She was born on the 13th October 1925 in Grantham, Britain. She then died the 8th April 2013 in Ritz, London in Britain. She was also in the movie “Tracking Down Maggie”. Margaret’s full name is Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, née Margaret Hilda Roberts. She served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and she served as Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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The British empire was many colonies all over the world from the 16 to the 1900’s. And Great Britain ruled over these colonies. They got colonies in North America and West India in the late 1700’s and at the start of the 1800’s Australia,Malta,Sri Lanka and Singapore became British colonies. The colonies mostly consisted of trading posts. And the British fleet was so large and powerful, they sailed back and forth between these colonies and Great Britain. They transported weapons and fabrics to West Africa. Slaves were transported to West India and North America and from these places they took tobacco, sugar and cotton with them back to Great Britain. During the 1800’s a lot of industries were started which had a whole new meaning to these colonies and now they were delivering raw materials to the industries and then they bought fresh goods from Great Britain. In 1783 13 colonies in North America got free and they founded USA. And after the Second World War most colonies became their own countries.
https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/enkel/brittiska-imperiet

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Tennis is an Olympic sport. Tennis has many different ages that play the sport. In a statistic on www.statista.com 2020 it was 739 900 people that was playing the sport.

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Tea is the most famous drink among the brits. They drink over 165 million cups of tea a day.

England is the most populated country in the United Kingdom.

England is bordered by Wales to the west and Scotland to the north.

The population of England in 2011 was around 53 million.

England includes many small islands such as the Isle of Wight and Hayling Island.

https://uniacco.com/blog/80-interesting-facts-about-the-united-kingdom

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He was born 1991 in Halifax, England. He has released five albums and he’s most listened songs is “After glow” and “Shape of you”. Ed Sheeran  has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world’s most famous and successful artists ever.

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They have to bring their own lunch to school everyday. They often eat in the schoolyard.