1) Anyone residing in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, or Australia who has reached their 100th birthday will receive a personal card from the Queen.
2) In the UK, on average, cars are parked for 96% of the time.
3) A typical British woman will try 150 different hairstyles in her lifetime.
4) The longest-running alliance in the world, still in effect today, is the alliance between Great Britain and Portugal. It was ratified in 1386.
5) In the UK, commercials are limited to 12 minutes per hour.
6) In the UK, one in three women will have an abortion at some point in their lives.
7) BBC employees regularly practice the announcement of the Queen's death to ensure that everything goes correctly when the announcement is made live.
8) The world's largest Indian restaurant is located in the UK.
9) There is a £1 million banknote. There is also a £100 million banknote. Neither of these banknotes are in circulation and are held by the Bank of England.
10) The British pound is the world's oldest currency, having been created 1200 years ago.