Question

Интересные факты про Великобританию (на английском )

Answer 1

Самые интересные факты начинаются с 5))
1. Longest River: River Severn, 354km. It rises in Wales and flows to the Bristol Channel.
2. Highest Waterfall: Eas a'Chual Aluinn from Glas Bheinn in the Highlands of Scotland with a drop of 200m
3. The London Eye (колесо обозрения) is the tallest observation wheel in the world and each rotation takes about 30 minutes.
4. The Channel Tunnel connects the UK to France. It is the world's longest underground tunnel (38km underwater)
5. England is 74 times smaller than USA
6. Every day UK people drink 165 million cups of tea!
7. Britain really does have an annual cheese rolling competition that involves running down Coopers Hill after a Double Gloucester Round. The winner gets the cheese.
8. Britain is the only country in the world which doesn't have the country's name on its postage stamps
9. Britain is the ninth-largest and third most populous island in the world. It is surrounded by over 1,ooo smaller islands and islets.
10. Over 200 bridges and 20 tunnels criss-cross the river Thames.
11. Champagne was invented in England by scientist Christopher Merret in 1662