Britain By Numbers Top 20 Facts

1. Almost one in five women have gone to work without wearing any underwear.

2. British people eat twice as many baked beans as anybody else in Europe.

3. Eight per cent of men never clean their teeth in the morning.

4. More people believe in ghosts (42 per cent) than in God (38 per cent).

5. Twenty per cent of men claim they can do DIY jobs better than any professional.

6. Most have sex around 4,239 times in their lives.

7. Forty-three per cent of people say they have had sex in a car - 52 per cent of men, 34 per cent of women.

8. Eleven per cent of people do not wash their hands after going to the toilet.

9. Thirty-six per cent do not wash themselves every day.

10. Seventy per cent play the National Lottery.

11. Thirty-nine per cent of people read on the lavatory, while 21 per cent text or talk on the telephone.

12. British people drink 165 million cups of tea every day.

13. Women spend 27.5 minutes in the bathroom, compared to 20.7 minutes for men.

14. Twelve per cent of sick days are fake.

15. British people steal 430,000 gallons of hotel shampoo each year.

16. Sixty-four per cent of women find clothes shopping depressing and ten per cent have cried in the changing room.

17. Nearly one in six children aged between two and 10 are clinically obese.

18. Blackpool is the most popular domestic holiday destination.

19. Women spend three hours a day on housework while men spend 40 minutes.

20. People in Sheffield have the most filings and missing teeth

20 Amazing Facts About London’s England Culture

Here are 20 of the many reasons why London is one of the most culturally vibrant cities in the world.

Three of the top ten museums and galleries in the world are in London and 857 art galleries in total.

London has four UNESCO world heritage sites: Tower of London, Maritime Greenwich, Westminster Palace which includes Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church as well as Kew’s Royal Botanic Gardens.


There are more than 300 languages spoken in London, more than in any other city in the world.

There are more than 17,000 music performances a year across London's 300+ venues including The O2 arena - the world's most popular music venue for the last five years running.

84% of Londoners think that the city's cultural scene is important in ensuring a high quality of life. (GLA/ICM research).

London has over 170 museums with 11 national museums including the British Museum - home to thousands of years of culture including the Rosetta Stone (196 BC).

Around 250 festivals take place in London every year including London’s largest free festival - The Mayor’s Thames Festival and Europe's biggest street festival- The Notting Hill Carnival which attracts near one million people.

The first performance of a Punch and Judy show at Covent Garden was recorded in Samuel Pepys's diary entry for 9 May 1662, and it is believed a similar puppet show has been seen there every year since. (Oh yes there is!)

London presents more live comedy than any other city in the world. From hosting new talent in the backrooms of pubs to the likes of Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock and Steve Coogan performing in major arenas.

London dominates the UK visual arts sector, which accounts for 30% of the global art market.

London has played a major role in countless films from A Clockwork Orange, Harry Potter to Notting Hill and is now the world’s third busiest film production centre with over 14,000 ‘shooting days’ in 2011 including the 23rd Bond film Skyfall.

Over a fifth of all the UK’s cinema screens are based in London. There are more cinema screens in the capital (796) than in any other part of the country.

London Fashion Week 2012 generated over £100m of orders, saw the return of Philip Treacy and was the most socially savvy yet with over 2 million viewers tuning in from more than 100 countries to the live-streamed of Topshop's latest collection.

From the first performance of Shakespeare at The Globe in 1599 there are now at least 200 shows to choose from every day across West End including current hits Matilda and War Horse.

Wilton’s Music Hall in the city is the world’s oldest surviving Music Hall, built in 1743 and still a living piece of London’s musical history.

In the last 5 years, London based artists Adele, Coldplay and Amy Winehouse (RIP) have been the world's best-selling recording artists and have amassed £1.9bn last year in worldwide sales, up from £1.83bn in 2010.

London has more than 800 bookshops and over 380 public libraries including British Library which holds the Magna Carta.

The London Design Festival is now the world’s leading event of its kind, which attracted over 350,000 people in 2012 to innovative projects including the groundbreaking audio-technology, the BE OPEN Sound Portal.

A third of all the UK’s archives are in London including the National Archives which dates back to the 11th century and preserves William the Conqueror's Domesday survey.

London boasts some of the oldest milliners in the world including Lock & Co (est. 1676) famous for creating Lord Nelson's original bicorn hat, as well as a specially commissioned version for Hatwalk as part of the London 2012 Festival.

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10 Interesting Facts About United Kingdom Country

10 Amazing, Fun & Interesting Facts About United Kingdom

United Kingdom, officially known as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located at north-west Europe. United Kingdom has four countries:  England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Let us know some interesting facts about United Kingdom

Interesting Facts About United Kingdom

1: Drink Drink

London has the credit for the first hot chocolate store ever opened.
The English drink the most tea in the world.
It is against the law to get drunk in a pub in England.
In Scotland, it is against the law to get drunk and possess a cow.

2: Name Forms

The conventional long form of the United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales.
Many people use just the abbreviation UK.
The conventional short form is the United Kingdom.

3: Landscape

UK mostly has knife edge ridges and high grounds with valleys in between. Thick glaciers from the Ice age are responsible for such a terrain.
Almost 75% of the land in the UK is taken for farming.
The highest point is Ben Navis at 1,343 m and the lowest point is -4m at The Fens.

4: Firsts

The United Kingdom happens to be the first industrialized country in the World.
Polo, soccer and Rugby were introduced to the world by the UK.
The British invented the world’s earliest railways.
John Walker invented the matches in 1827. He was British.

5: Famous Architecture

The Buckingham Palace has its own police station.
The largest Royal home is the Windsor castle.
Big Ben refers to the bell and not the clock.
There are 28 world heritage sites in the UK and 4 in London. These include The west minister palace, The tower of London, Maritime Greenwich, Kew Botanical gardens. These interesting facts about United Kingdom Architecture are are really exciting.

6: Tube & The Underground

In all of Western Europe, Angel tube station has the longest escalator.
About 409 escalators are there in the subways.
London bags the first place to have an underground subway system.
The tube route from Leicester Square to Covent Garden can be covered quicker on foot.  However this seems to be the most popular route tourists take.
The tube route also happens to be the costliest and unreliable.

7: Artists

Nelson Mandela called the spice girls his heroes when he met them.
The Beatles originally called themselves the Blackjacks and then the Quarrymen.
There is no portrait of William shakespeare painted, when he was alive.
To make a billion dollars from writing books has been achieved by JK Rowling.
From Canterbury to London, the bus route that Ian Flemming took inspired the 007 for James Bond.

8: Bridges

According to history, the London Bridge had indeed fallen down according to the old rhyme, when the Saxons had torn it down using ropes and boats.
The Thames has over 200 bridges and tunnels along its course.

9: Animals

There are some interesting facts about United Kingdom related to animals:
In Medieval England, animals were tried for their crimes and even punished for them.
Pygg meant clay in Olden days. People stored their coins in these clay jars which later evolved to piggy banks.
The Mute swans are officially owned by the Queen.
The driver of the vehicle who kills a deer cannot eat it, but the person sitting beside can do so.
The chickens outnumber the humans in UK.

10: Post

The United Kingdom is the only country to not have its name on post.
To paste a stamp that has the Monarch’s face upside down is considered treason

New Zealand Top 18 Facts For Kids

New Zealand Top Facts For Kids

New Zealand is located in the south-western Pacific Ocean and features two main islands, the North Island and the South Island, as well as other smaller ones.

Other smaller islands include Stewart Island, Waiheke Island, Chatham Island, Great Barrier Island and more, although many are uninhabited.

The capital city of New Zealand is Wellington while the largest city is Auckland.

Other major cities include Christchurch, Hamilton and Dunedin.

The population of New Zealand was estimated to be around 4.5 million at the start of 2013.

The official spoken languages of New Zealand are English and te reo Maori, with English being the most widely used.

Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa.

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between the British and Maori, making New Zealand a colony of the British Empire.

In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world to give all women the right to vote.

Due to its isolation, New Zealand has developed unique animal and plant life.

The bird species of New Zealand are particularly diverse, including alpine parrots and ground dwelling Kiwis.

The term ‘Kiwi’ is also used as a nickname for a New Zealander.

The Lord of the Rings movies were filmed in New Zealand.

In New Zealand they drive on the left-hand side of the road.

Located in the South Island, the highest mountain in New Zealand is Aoraki Mount Cook which reaches 3,754 metres (12,316 ft) in height.

Dairy products are New Zealand’s highest earning exports.

Rugby is the most popular spectator sport in New Zealand but a variety of sports such as football (soccer), cricket, netball, golf and others are popular among participants.

The 50 largest Australian cities and towns by population

A couple of years ago, I did a blog post about Australia’s top 33 cities by population. This was a very popular blog which was a ranking of the biggest cities in Australia and so I’ve updated it here (and expanded it to the top 50 largest Australian cities) with the latest population figures from the ABS as at 2013. For more up to date population and population forecasts for NSW, read our blog on the Top 20 fastest growing suburbs in NSW. Watch this space for other states.

So, without further ado, on to the list!

The 50 largest Australian cities and towns by population, 2013

This is based on the top 50 Significant Urban Areas in Australia  at June 2013 Estimated Resident Population, and 5 year growth 2008-2013.

Rank	Significant Urban Area	State	2013	5 year growth	5 year % growth
1	Sydney	NSW	4,373,433	326,568	8.1%
2	Melbourne	Vic	4,181,021	392,675	10.4%
3	Brisbane	Qld	2,143,121	215,082	11.2%
4	Perth	WA	1,901,582	269,825	16.5%
5	Adelaide	SA	1,263,888	71,195	6.0%
6	Gold Coast – Tweed Heads	Qld/NSW	605,134	60,773	11.2%
7	Newcastle – Maitland	NSW	425,895	24,459	6.1%
8	Canberra – Queanbeyan	ACT/NSW	418,856	34,934	9.1%
9	Central Coast	NSW	320,266	15,643	5.1%
10	Sunshine Coast	Qld	292,354	26,732	10.1%
11	Wollongong	NSW	286,581	14,292	5.2%
12	Hobart	Tas	206,560	8,278	4.2%
13	Geelong	Vic	181,853	11,117	6.5%
14	Townsville	Qld	176,035	19,689	12.6%
15	Cairns	Qld	145,003	14,806	11.4%
16	Darwin	NT	119,597	11,900	11.0%
17	Toowoomba	Qld	112,588	6,029	5.7%
18	Ballarat	Vic	96,940	9,047	10.3%
19	Bendigo	Vic	90,280	6,967	8.4%
20	Albury – Wodonga	NSW/Vic	86,274	4,734	5.8%
21	Launceston	Tas	86,188	2,139	2.5%
22	Mackay	Qld	83,924	9,234	12.4%
23	Rockhampton	Qld	79,298	6,208	8.5%
24	Bunbury	WA	72,464	10,779	17.5%
25	Bundaberg	Qld	70,359	3,513	5.3%
26	Coffs Harbour	NSW	67,519	3,301	5.1%
27	Wagga Wagga	NSW	54,679	1,788	3.4%
28	Melton	Vic	54,483	13,093	31.6%
29	Hervey Bay	Qld	51,168	4,632	10.0%
30	Mildura – Wentworth	Vic/NSW	49,441	1,845	3.9%
31	Shepparton – Mooroopna	Vic	48,637	3,333	7.4%
32	Gladstone – Tannum Sands	Qld	46,377	5,599	13.7%
33	Port Macquarie	NSW	44,180	2,684	6.5%
34	Tamworth	NSW	41,304	2,641	6.8%
35	Traralgon – Morwell	Vic	40,910	1,969	5.1%
36	Orange	NSW	39,226	3,367	9.4%
37	Geraldton	WA	38,931	3,859	11.0%
38	Bowral – Mittagong	NSW	36,994	1,855	5.3%
39	Ellenbrook	WA	36,207	12,778	54.5%
40	Dubbo	NSW	36,089	1,870	5.5%
41	Nowra – Bomaderry	NSW	34,885	2,061	6.3%
42	Bathurst	NSW	34,870	2,856	8.9%
43	Busselton	WA	34,241	5,921	20.9%
44	Warrnambool	Vic	33,625	1,615	5.0%
45	Kalgoorlie – Boulder	WA	33,484	2,796	9.1%
46	Albany	WA	33,113	2,373	7.7%
47	Warragul – Drouin	Vic	31,935	4,718	17.3%
48	Devonport	Tas	30,431	847	2.9%
49	Lismore	NSW	29,537	558	1.9%
50	Alice Springs	NT	28,720	1,254	4.6%

Please note that the geographic classification of urban centres has changed since we wrote our previous blog Australia’s top 33 cities by population. Consequently the tables are not directly comparable (see more detail about geography changes below).