It is located exactly 12 km, (28.5 miles) off the coast of Spain. It takes 45 minutes from Spain to Africa on a ferry. Yet, for years we continue to live in our own little bubble in Europe, or what is even worse - shunning our African neighbours. How did we end up this way?
Privacy is a growing concern in today's world and Facebook's young CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be the first one to find that out, as his daring ploy to include Facebook in virtually every corner of the Internet may come back to "book him right in the face."
“Football is not a matter of life and death," said the legendary Bill Shankley, manager of Liverpool FC in the 1960's, " It is far more important than that,"
Anyone up for some vegetable cake? How about some grilled babies? Does the tune cake sing? What is canaria picon sauce? What about the cheese sauce? Nobody mentions that it's CABRALES!!!
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Every day 1,000,000 pints of Guinness are sold in the United Kingdom alone. It is one of the tippler's healthiest drinks as it contains malted barley, hops, yeast, and water. It is black because the barley is roasted like coffee beans.
Trial by jury is a fundamental right in British and North American justice. The idea that one should be judged by one's equals is central to the concept that we are all equal under the law. It's importance can not be overstated. Since 1225 juries have the duty, “to judge the justice of the law, and to hold all laws invalid, that are, in their opinion, unjust or oppressive, and all persons guiltless in violating, or resisting the execution of, such law.�? That's important.
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About 80% of my students don't know how to use a full-stop. A full-stop is the small black dot that you put at the end of a sentence. The North Americans call it a ‘period'.
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. Do not confuse it with the United Kingdom. The UK is England, Wales, Scotland and 6 of the 9 counties of the Irish province of Ulster. The Northernmost part of Ireland is not in Northern Ireland but rather in Eire, or The Republic of Ireland – County Donegal to be precise.
Harald I (Danish Harald Blåtand) was the King of Denmark between 940 and 985 AD. He had an enthusiasm for eating blueberries. So much so, even his teeth were blue. They called him ‘Bluetooth'.
Every English man secretly wants to be James bond just as every English woman wants to be Princess Diana. Behind every hooligan and pale skinned English tourist is the gentleman-killer who always says the right thing at the right moment. Never underestimate an Englishman: he thinks he is Seán Connery (who, ironically, is Scottish as is James Bond!).
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