1- In Great Britain, primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation.
2- The climate of Great Britain is described as temperate, moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current.
3- Agriculture in Great Britain is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 1% of the labor force.
4- in 1799, in order to finance the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain became the first country in the world to enact a general income tax.
5- Charles De Gaulle originally vetoed Great Britain's application for acceptance into the European Economic Community.
6- In 1878, the first private connection by telephone in Great Britain was made when Queen Victoria spoke to Thomas Biddulph.
7- In 1707, England, Wales, and Scotland were joined by a parliamentary Act of Union, and became the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
8- The economy of Great Britain depended to a great extent on external support during World War Two.
9- Government figures show that around 2.
10- 5 million animals are experimented upon every year in Great Britain.
11- Great Britain is a land of gentlemen and horse riding.
12- In Great Britain, it is traditional to give a 41-gun salute to announce a royal birth.
13- The transfer of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China was marked by an elaborate ceremony.
14- There are more than 1,000 different brews of beer which are produced in Great Britain.
15- Great Britain has immigrants from virtually every country in the world.
16- There are no wolves in Great Britain, the last wolf was killed in Scotland in 1743.
17- In 2003, troops from the U.S. and Great Britain, aided by small contingents from a number of other countries, defeated Iraqi forces and occupied Iraq.
18- The climate of Great Britain is described as temperate, moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current.
19- Great Britain was the first country in the world to issue postage stamps, and they're the only nation in the world today that doesn't use a national name on their stamps.
20- Agriculture in Great Britain is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 1% of the labor force.
21- The U.S. is usually a close ally of Great Britain in foreign affairs.
22- Find someone who has visited a former colony of Great Britain.
23- columnThe Prime Minister has announced a number of joint enterprises which are to be set up between Great Britain and China.
24- The industrialization of Great Britain was the beginning of a global transformation in the world of work.
25- Argentina once had the biggest community of British people anywhere in the world, outside of Great Britain itself.
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