Cool facts of Britain

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Britain was once the largest empire of all time The empire was approximately 24 million square feet and stayed the largest for around a century
The British Empire started in 1555 when Elizabeth I came to the throne. The Queen died in 1603 as the last monarch from the house of Tudor
The British empire fell in the mid 1960s after surviving for over 400 years It was severely weakend by both the world wars and simply ran out of money to fund itself, which caused the collapse
Queen Elizabeth II has had the longest serving time as queen of all time The queen is over 95 years old
84% of the British population drinking tea and herbal infusions every day tea was popularized in Britain after Queen Catherine of Braganza started drinking it
Britain has a population of over 67 million people currently The population eventually peaked in 1938, on the eve of World War II, by which time the British Empire accounted for over 531 million people
Life expectancy in the U.K. is around 80 years. Charlotte Hughes was the oldest British of all time, living over 115 years
Britain is currently the 9th strongest military in the world The british empire was once the #1 most powerful in the world
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