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What is the most interesting fact you know about England ?

1GHOST · M
Technically Scotland :
There is something about Overtoun Bridge that lures dogs to their deaths.

The Gothic stone structure, located near Dumbarton in Scotland, spans a narrow gorge on the grounds of a 19th-century manor. Since the 1960s, some 50 dogs have perished after leaping from the same spot on the bridge. Hundreds more have jumped but lived, some even returning for a second leap onto the jagged rocks 50 feet below.

These apparent canine suicides have baffled the poor dog owners unlucky enough to witness their dear pets jumping off the “dog suicide bridge.” Conspiracy theories arose. Suspicions of supernatural forces grew. Was there a disturbance in the magnetic field? Could the bridge be haunted?

A horrific incident in October 1994 provoked further talk of possible paranormal activity: A 32-year-old man threw his 2-week-old son from the bridge because he believed him to be possessed by the devil. He then tried to jump off the parapet himself, but was pulled back by his terrified wife.
Nimbus · M
@1GHOST Wow, haven't heard that story before.
AbbeyRhode · F
There are still unexploded bombs from WW2 all over it. 😯
Nimbus · M
@AbbeyRhode Safer but not as lucrative!
AbbeyRhode · F
@Nimbus Money is worthless to a person who gets blown up!
Nimbus · M
@AbbeyRhode Now that is a fact!
NCCindy · 36-40, F
Oliver Cromwell's head is buried in Cambridge !!!
Nimbus · M
@NCCindy 😮
NCCindy · 36-40, F
@Nimbus Lord only knows where the rest of him is !!!
Nimbus · M
@NCCindy Indeed 😱
SW-User
King Henry Vlll cut off their heads!😨
Nimbus · M
@SW-User He needed a hobby 😁
SW-User
@Nimbus He certainly excelled at it!😄
Nimbus · M
@SW-User 😉
shuhak · M
That it's legal for a man to urinate in public, as long as it's on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle. (if he leaves the motor running and someone steals his car "mid stream", he is still considered to be breaking the law.)
shuhak · M
@Nimbus You mean I was right???
Nimbus · M
@shuhak I think so.
I seem to recollect something like that from a story here.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@shuhak wow
If you order chips you get french fries
Nimbus · M
@jetpack Really?
@Nimbus apparently
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
Still legal to shoot a Scot with a bow and arrow in York. If the Tories had their way I'm sure they could do it anywhere and with a lot worse.
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
I'm not going to dare talk about guns on here😂. Too many RWNJs that aren't worth the time.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@thatscottishguy well just a word to the wise, stay out of York...wouldn't want to get pierced by an arrow...
Nimbus · M
@thatscottishguy That IS interesting!
Historically, that since Battle Abbey up until the fifteenth century, our relationship (France) with the Her people grew very strongly from an amicability.
Nimbus · M
@EugenieLaBorgia Oooooh, sounds posh :)
@Nimbus It is the nature of the English language to be rich in literary devices that constitute the backbone of the language in other English-speaking countries. It is a remarkable language which has, fortunately, the good sense to embody other words from other countries into its vocabulary.
Nimbus · M
@EugenieLaBorgia Eloquently stated!
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
The monarchy is not the true blood-line of the royal family.
Nimbus · M
@cherokeepatti 😱

Link?
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@cherokeepatti lol....yeah.. ive read that before. X
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Nimbus Thee was a documentary made titled Britain's real Monarch.
NorthernRoses · 26-30, F
They took a lot of fancy words from our language, like bag, bleak, husband, dirt and knife
Nimbus · M
@NorthernRoses Which language is that?
NorthernRoses · 26-30, F
@Nimbus Norse!

Bag = Baggi
Bleak = Bleik/bleikr (lit. "pale")
Husband = Husbond/husbondi (lit. "House farmer", meaning "Master of the house")
Dirt = Drit (lit. "shit")
Knife = Knif/knifr
Nimbus · M
SW-User
Everyone knows the queen personally
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Awwww, some do but I have never seen it.
SW-User
@Nimbus You know I am silly and the queen wears funny hats.

I did learn that The War of Roses was not one long war. There were peaceful periods in between all the scrambling for power.
Watching Lucy Worsley videos on Youtube.
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Of course :)

I wasn't aware of that.
SW-User
London will fall if The Tower of London ravens leave/die.
Nimbus · M
@SW-User I have heard that.
SW-User
@Nimbus Kate Middleton & and Prince William are distantly related (12th cousins).
Nimbus · M
@SW-User Didn't know that!
RubySoo · 56-60, F
The most interesting thing about England is its next door to Wales!!
Nimbus · M
@RubySoo Scotland too :)
smiler2012 · 56-60
nimbus it is an anagram of lend nag [if you want to borrow a horse that it ]
Nimbus · M
@smiler2012 Neighh ! :)
Repete · 61-69, M
It has one letter for each day of the week .
Nimbus · M
@Repete 🤔
Repete · 61-69, M
E for Monday, N for Tuesday, G for Wednesday,......
History was never my strong point sorry.
IAMMONARAHIMI · 36-40, F
it is an island?
Nimbus · M
@IAMMONARAHIMI 'Tis that!
ScabbyHeart · 46-50, M
they speak "english"
Nimbus · M
@ScabbyHeart Erm, yea! :)

 
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