Interesting Facts about The United Kingdom. by Jenlipy Phạm https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un en-us 2022-10-10 13:55:20 UTC 2022-10-28 06:25:57 UTC hello@padlet.com The origin of stamps vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333667127 The first postal stamps were made in Great Britain. The stamp was first designed in 1840 and carried the image of the then Queen of England – Queen Victoria.]]> 2022-10-10 14:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333667127 Golf was first played in Scotland vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333676971 Invented in Scotland. Evidence has shown that this sport may have appeared here since 1457. At one point this sport was so popular in Scotland that King James II had to ban golf throughout Scotland because of the impact on the golf course military exercises.]]> 2022-10-10 14:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333676971 The longest sea tunnel in the world vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333680747 With a total length of 34km, this is one of the longest undersea tunnels in the world connecting England and France]]> 2022-10-10 14:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333680747 London has very few public trash cans vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333684597 There are very few public trash cans all over London. These bins are abandoned because London has been the target of terrorist attacks in the past, and these bins are among the easiest locations to plant bombs.]]> 2022-10-10 14:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333684597 Accent/pronunciation changes vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333688147 If you are not a native of the UK, you may not realize that the accent/pronunciation of the locals changes markedly every 40km.]]> 2022-10-10 14:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333688147 Passport for horses and donkeys vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333691886 Across the UK, every horse and donkey is required to have their own passport.]]> 2022-10-10 14:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333691886 The fight only lasted 40 minutes vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333696073 In August 1896, a war broke out between Great Britain and Zanzibar. The special thing here is that this war lasted only 40 minutes, marking this as the shortest war in world history. Total casualties in this battle: 500 Zanzibar soldiers and 1 British sailor.]]> 2022-10-10 14:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333696073 British people love to read newspapers vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333703825 On average, each British person will read 38kg of newspapers a year.]]> 2022-10-10 14:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333703825 The oldest reigning QUEEN in history vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333712137 Queen Elizabeth II of England ascended the throne in 1953 and reigns until 2022, making her the world's longest-reigning queen with 70 years and 214 days.]]> 2022-10-10 14:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333712137 The famous great poet vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333715734 William Shakespeare, Great English poet with many famous plays such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet .v.v. He is a major contributor to the vocabulary of modern English. At least 3,000 words he invented have been included in the English dictionary.]]> 2022-10-10 14:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333715734 3 female Prime Ministers in history vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333734599 1. Margaret Thatcher: She was leader of the British Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1980s (1979 - 1990), and the first woman to hold those two positions. Her tenure as prime minister was the longest in British history since 1827.
2. Theresa May: Mrs May won the election and became the second female prime minister of the UK in July 2016.
3. In September 2022, Liz Truss ran for Conservative Party Leader and won against Rishi Sunak, then was appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the third woman to hold the post after Margaret. Thatcher and Theresa May, were the 15th and last prime ministers of the Elizabeth II dynasty.]]> 2022-10-10 15:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333734599 The Beatles vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333737761 The Beatles are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are considered the most influential band of all time[1] and were an integral part of the rise of 1960s protest culture and the recognition of popular music as an art form.]]> 2022-10-10 15:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333737761 Big Ben vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333744729 Big Ben is not the name of the clock, but the name of the big bell inside the clock.]]> 2022-10-10 15:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2333744729 Long-standing tea culture vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337244692 British people drink tea a lot, long before countries like China and Japan.]]> 2022-10-12 15:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337244692 London used to have other names vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337257623 It was called Londonium during the Roman conquest, Ludenwic in Saxon times, and Ludenburg in the days of Alfred the Great.]]> 2022-10-12 15:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337257623 "Rent a mourner" service vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337266515 In the UK there is a service that hires mourners to attend the funerals of lonely people, they call it "rent a mourner".]]> 2022-10-12 15:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337266515 TITANIC vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337274652 Titanic was completed in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1900s and completed its last voyage in 1912.]]> 2022-10-12 15:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2337274652 The world's longest inhabited castle vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2338989053 It is the residence of the British royals from the 11th century to the present]]> 2022-10-13 15:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2338989053 The city is rumored to be haunted vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2338996246 More than 600 cases of ghostly phenomena have been reported]]> 2022-10-13 15:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2338996246 The country with the most colonies in history vanpham497461 https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2339004420 Dubbed "The land where the sun never sets". There are more than 58 countries declared independence and all freed from British colonialism.]]> 2022-10-13 15:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vanpham497461/ix6upt5p5c8ec2un/wish/2339004420