The London Eye is situated on the southern bank of the River Thames and is a Ferris wheel that is 443 feet (135 metres) tall.

Around 4,000 years ago, people learned to make bronze. We call this period the Bronze Age.

The Queen is the ceremonial head of the Commonwealth.

The English language has many accents and dialects.

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Robert Burns’ best-known work is probably the song Auld Lang Syne.

The Laurence Olivier Awards take place annually at different venues in London.

The World Wide Web, the Turing machine and the hovercraft are British inventions.

Henry VIII had six wives.

People over 75 can apply for a free TV licence and blind people can get a 50% discount.

If you do not have a National Insurance number, you can apply for one through Jobcentre Plus or your local Social Security Office.

After the Black Death, new social classes appeared, including owners of large areas of land (later called the gentry), and people left the countryside to live in the towns.

The population of the UK in 1600 was just over 4 million people.

A constitution is a set of principles by which a country is governed. It includes all of the institutions that are responsible for running the country and how their power is kept in check.

The United Nations is not part of the British government.

The most famous sailing event in the UK takes place at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

The right to liberty and security and the right to life are some of the principles included in the European Convention of Human Rights.

Eid a-Fitr celebrates the end of Ramadan and is the day when Muslims thank Allah for giving them the strength to complete the fast.

Clement Attlee was Prime Minister of the UK from 1945 to 1951.

York Minster is a famous example of stained glass.

On average, girls leave school with better qualifications than boys.

The National Anthem of the UK is ‘God Save the Queen’ is played at important national occasions and at events attended by the Queen or the Royal Family.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, most minor criminal cases are dealt with in a Magistrates’ Court.

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