Top interesting and fun facts about Great Britain | International

Hello everyone , we all know that there is an island in Europe which is called as Great Britain. Well, what do we know about this , what are some top facts , stories for the Great Britain. Great Britain has its own value in terms of empire, legacy, constitution, and more. In this blogposts you would get to know about top interesting facts about Great Britain , its history facts, its fun facts and more. Here, we start- 

1- Great Britain is an island, it is the largest island in Europe and ninth largest island in the world.

2- Great Britain only includes England, Scotland and Wales. England and Scotland form their union after Acts of Union done in 1707. After this , Single Kingdom of Great Britain started in 1707.

3- Great Britain is the third most populous island in the world. 

4- The oldest known name of Great Britain is Albion -a Greek language word.

5- Great Britain and Northern Ireland together form United Kingdom mean to say United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 

6- First human footprints on Great Britain is recorded for more than 800,000 years ago. In Norfolk, first human footprints were researched and they were found to be 800,000years ago.

7- Robin is a bird, which is popularly known as Britain's favorite bird. These birds are small but very good in looking.

8- Oldest rock, metamorphic rocks known as Lewisian complex are found in Great Britain ,these rocks are of more than 2.7million years ago and still present.

9- Stonehenge which are found in Great Britain are older than pyramids.
 

10- As we know that Great Britain comprises England, Scotland and Wales , people of England are called British, people of Scotland are known as Scottish and people of Wales are Welsh.

11- Football first originated from Great Britain , first Football League was created in 1888 in England. 

12- Popular stories of Robinhood, pop starts like Beatles, top universities like Cambridge ,Oxford are found in Great Britain.

13- The country of England in Great Britain founded the largest empire of the world- British Empire.

14- Sorry, Please ,Thankyou , Excuse me are the most spoken words in Great Britain.

15- You can find Scottish people with their Kitts and pipes only in Great Britain.

16- Industrial revolution which is the most powerful and the most important revolution of mankind originated in Great Britain.

17- Great Britain and United Kingdom are different ,Great Britain is made up of Scotland ,Wales and England while United Kingdom comprises Northern Ireland too.

18- Many do not know this and think that Great Britain's England brought English language but it is not true ,English language originated from Western Germanic language of Indo-European language family and this language was brought to Britain in 7th or 8th century AD.

19- England ' largest city is London , Edinburgh is the largest city in Scotland and Cardiff is the largest in Wales.

20- Wales is a country in Great Britain which is known for its wide coastal areas, mountains and national parks such as Snowdonia National Park , Breckon Beacons National Park, Moreover this country Wales hold the record for the oldest open shop in 1894 known as Spillers. Welsh are found to be friendliest people on earth and they are very well known for their welsh language. 

So, these were all interesting ,fun facts ,I can brought up to you for Great Britain .We all know ,the Great Britain is a remarkable place in our mankind history because of many things ,Did you know First Radio testing was done in Wales of Great Britain by Marconi. Great Britain has given us a lot of things to travel, enjoy, castles, beautiful parks, revolution, a vast empire, modern culture and more.