Did you know? - Henry VIII. sold Thomas Becket’s casket for the gold in it, because he didn’t want a catholic arcbishop to be buried in his anglican church. Today, there is only a symbolic statue as a reminder of how one of the biggest saints of Englad died., Did you know? - In the St Paul’s Cathedral many kings and famous people are buried and a lot of them are portrayed as statues lying on their sides or on the back., Did you know? - Today, they let 25 people get inisde one cabine for the 30 minute ride on the London Eye, but originally they let less people in for a longer time, because they didn’t know how big of a tourist sight it will become., Did you know? - The Tower is filled with crows and if you’re lucky enough they let you take a picture of them. Our tour guide still owes chocolate to about half the group for doing so., Did you know? - The British Museum shows all stages of humanity from all around the world with about 8 million exhibition items, wich of most are from Sir Hans Sloane’s colletion. It was great to be able to see a bit of every culture in one place., Did you know? - Cornwall and the area around it is amazing for surfing because of the wind, wich makes big waves, but for this same reason the beaches here aren’t good for casual swimming, wich is sad because the view is beautiful and one of a kind., Did you know? - The Globe Theatre’s replica was built by Sam Wanamaker, because he didn’t like that there wasn’t anything more than a sign to honor one of England’s biggest actor and writer. (The picture is showing the plauge rat I bought at the gift shop there.), Did you know? - St Michael’s Mount is sometimes an island and sometimes not, because of the tide, that makes the sea level rise up and lower down above the path connecting the island to the rest of the land., Did you know? - The Tintagel castle, like most castles, was built on a mountain and because of the typical british weather sometimes the wind can be so strong you feel like it could blow you off the mountain at any minute. It’s worth it ’tough because the sea is in its most beautiful state with the huge waves hitting the stone., Did you know? - Current estimates place the value of the British Crown Jewels between $4 to $6 billion., Did you know? - Our hosts made us one of their indian specialties, that looked and tasted just like the hungarian puliszka, but unlike in Hungary it was eaten with curry sauce. Until then I didn’t know how much of a popular food it is around the world., Did you know? - The Natural History Museum is full of interactive exhibitions, like moving dinosaurs and fun games for children but the most interesting one in my opinion was the earthquake simulation room, where they try to show what it was like in 1995 in Kobe, Japan during the earthquake., Did you know? - The cornish pasty is meat and vegetables wrapped in a piece of dough. It was made so the miners could thouch the side of their food with their dirty hands without wasting any of the meat or vegetables. I think it’s a delicious meal., Did you know? - Every public mailbox in Britain has the monogram of the king who ruled during its making, so just by looking at one, anyone can tell when it was made. Englad still has working mailboxes that are around 200 years old.,

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