The treason stamp thing is a load of bo!!ocks. Also the first stamp was called the 'Penny Black' and not the Black Penny. The stamp had an engraving of Queen Victoria's head as the design, and a gum arabic coating on the reverse so no glue was required, you just needed to lick it. The Times published a risque poem for the time about the stamp which talked about 'licking little Vicky's behind'.
The egg washing is an interesting one. In most of Europe actually, we don't wash the eggs because they have a natural biofilm left on them from laying, which helps to protect the egg. For this reason we do not need to keep eggs in the fridge and they can sit at room temperature without issue for a couple of weeks. In the US they wash off the biofilm which removes the protection and ends up needing them to be stored in the fridge. It's kind of a backwards but cleaning makes them go off quickly.
It's also because egg shells are porous and contaminants can get into the egg once the protective coating has been removed. Hence why refrigeration limits this...since bacteria and such thrive in warm conditions. Also, since 1998 and the introduction of the Lion stamp of quality ALL eggs with that mark (i.e. all eggs commercially sold in the UK) are from hens that have been vaccinated against salmonella. Japan also vaccinates their hen livestock since it is assumed that the majority of their eggs will be eaten raw. However, ever in search of greater profit at the expense of product quality...of course, the US manufacturers do not want to do that since a program of vaccination is expensive. So they just wash 'em and stick 'em in the fridge.
@@mairiconnell6282they are better at room temperature. Less likely to crack when boiled and the cooking directly from chilled changes the texture of the white IMO.
True, this is why we have two words for a lot of food animals, those that grew them, called them by the English/Saxon name, while those that ate them called them by the French name. Cow/ beef Pig/ pork etc
Fun fact, sabotage comes from the French word sabot, which means clog (wooden shoe) As mechanisation meant less work for labourers, they would throw their sabots into the machine and break it, hence, sabotage
It’s illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. Also on a daily average, let’s see, morning tea, tea when I get to work, break tea, tea for after break, tea at lunch. Tea again before leaving work, tea when I get home with dinner, tea before bed. So like 7-10 tea’s a day.
The British Library is a Copyright library, every thing published in the UK, books, newspapers, periodicals, magazines etc have to send one to the British Library......
One of the pilots on Westray to Papa Westray flights has said that if the wind is just right he can fly the whole flight backwards it has also been done in around 1 minute 40 seconds from wheels up to wheels down and it is done in what you called a puddle jumper.
In answer to your question- yes, Black Cab drivers still have to pass The Knowledge. They pass it in stages, rather than being examined on the whole of London in one go. Who knows whether this will be continued in teh future, as SATNAVs are now so common. In theory, you can jump into a cab anywhere in London and ask to be taken to any specific address, and they will know the best route there. Famously though, very few cab drivers are willing to 'go South of the River' particularly in the evenings - though during the day there shouldn't be a problem.
The one about sticking a stamp on upside down is an urban myth and not true, people put stamps on upside down all the time. The monarch doesn’t need a passport because British passports are issued in their name, so the queen would have been vouching for herself, the same goes for driving licences.
The upside down stamp is not specifically enshrined in law, however, it IS an act of treason to display upside down any image of the monarch. This means that an upside down stamp is a technical breach of the law, although it is never enforced, because the intent would be impossible to prove.
Fun fact: the reason we have different words for, say, cows and beef, is that the people working with the livestock (ie lower classes) spoke German. The people who got to enjoy the fruit of their labours spoke French. So the living "cow" is closer to the German "Kuh", the meat "beef" comes straight from the French "bœuf". At least that's what I was told by a much older and wiser woman and it makes sense to me.
Tea ! Modern tea drinking is by mug, not cup. The first mug satisfies the need. the second one is enjoyed, whilst the third is one is savoured per session. Multiply that by breakfast, eleven's, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Occasionally one may have an evening brew. ....😘😘
I’m English and I drink 3-4 cups of tea a day minimum. I’m drinking one right now. Also my grandma hit 100 years old and you don’t get a telegram unless you apply for it (which we did). You used to get one automatically but now you have to specifically request it.
One of the BIG reasons we drink a lot more tea is Americans don't use kettles as their electric system is 110 v and ours js 240v It takes forever for a kettle to boil ,so they tend to use coffee makers. It's so common to put the kettle on in the uk and in less than 5 mins you've got a cup of tea or coffee
I have worked extensively for Royal Mail, and if you put your stamp on upside down it can mean at least one of two things.. you are blind/partially sighted and didn't know, or you did it on purpose.. Either way unfortunately, since computer automation of reading the mail and stamps in recent decades, mean your mail will be delayed in delivery... We have very strict conduct as far as the "Crown's Mail" goes, but I have not heard of anyone taken down for Treason for anything in recent times!!
I just checked the Odeon cinema site and looked at the film times for the Belfast branch. A full programme seems to be available this coming Sunday, including _The Exorcist: Believer_ so read into that what you will.
I live in Belfast and that fact is so out of date it isn't funny. You can also go to the pub on Sunday's now - not so when I was young. The video is made by an American is my guess who doesn't know about any of his 'facts'.
You have such lovely mannerisms, it's a joy to see that as an American, you're not the stereotypical type that we get shown over here in Blighty. This is a compliment by the way, hopefully not lost in translation. Love your videos, because you have a lovely "chilled vibe" about you. Xx I drink about 6-10 cups of tea each day! 😬
2:30 Every British passport is in effect, a note from the Monarch saying "in my name, please let my subject pass"... seeing as she/he doesnt need a note when they are present themselves.... that's the reasoning behind not requiring a passport. First page of my passport states: “Her Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.”
Another fun fact. It's illegal to be drunk in a pub in England and Wales. From a law that goes back to 1872, it is illegal to be drunk in a pub, or it's illegal to serve someone that is intoxicated in a pub. You could get fined £200
1895 - 1907 is 12 years not 22 as stated. It is also illegal to die whilst in the Houses of Parliament. Cinemas in Northern Ireland were not allowed to open on Sundays following The Sunday Observation Act (passed in 1695 - this Act deemed Sundays religiously important and any activity deemed unreligious was banned - clearly they did not have cinemas in 1695), this was addressed by the Cinemas Order 1991, meaning a fine could be levied but is likely not going to be.
The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown, the lion beat the unicorn all around the town; some gave them white bread and some gave them brown, and some gave them roast beef and beat them out of town! (English nursery rhyme).
Correction, the predominant language of English NOBILITY was French, the commonfolk of England (peasantry, tradesmen, burghers ((meaning middleclass)), all spoke middle English. The Normans were of course French, and when William took the crown in 1066 he ousted the Saxon nobility with his own Norman Dukes and Counts. But the peasantry as a whole weren't affected linguistically as such, though French and English did begin to intermingle, the country as a whole didn't suddenly convert to French as a main language.
London cab drivers not only have to know all the streets, they also need to know all the landmarks and points of interest such as hotels, etc., and -- crucially -- the best routes to get from A to B. The most obvious routes that someone just looking at a map of London would pick out would typically lead to you being stuck in traffic for ages, while a detour around back streets can be super fast even at peak hours. On one season of Amazing Race they had a cab challenge in London where contestants were driven around a short route in a cab and had to recite the route afterwards -- street names, which direction to turn when, sites along the way... It was tough.
American eggs are washed due to salmonella risk. Washing takes away a protective coating that means they need refrigeration. Uk eggs are kept on the shelf because our chickens are vaccinated against salmonella instead of washing the eggs.
I remember when my mum put a stamp upside-down on a letter. She took the letter out of the envelope. Did a new one with the stamp right way up. I asked her why? She said she could be arrested for insulting the Queen. PS great video.
There was always a good get-out excuse for an upside down stamp - there was a power cut so you couldn’t see which way up you’d put it. This reason was acceptable in law.
The library wasn’t all added at once but over a very long time so they probably just counted the books as they added them and use an old filing system to keep track and of course computers now
If you wash them you must put them in the fridge to stay fresh. If you dont wash them you can keep them on the counter as the protective layer has not been washed away… but sometimes the dirt from the nest is still on the egg. So there are two philosophies about it and you cannot mix the two. Noeway also washes eggs and cannot export to the rest of Europe…and vice versa
You calculated how long it would take one person to count all the books in the British library and were surprised at how long it would take... well... there isn't just one person working there. Also, once a book is catalogued (has it's ID code, scanned and shelved) it has been accounted for and would not necessarily need to be recounted every year, only when an inventory audit is required. This means that only a few hundred/thousand books per year need to be handled, which would take significantly less time and by multiple skilled librarians. 😁
The British Library is like the Library of Congress. They're the UK and US's deposit libraries and it's actually a legal requirement, when you publish a book, to send a copy to these libraries. So that they can be a catalogue for, basically, everything that's ever been published. (Mind you, how strictly this is enforced is another thing. I'm sure that there are books that have been missed. Though a legal requirement, I doubt there's any "book police" who hunt down authors who forgot or didn't know they were supposed to submit a copy to the British Library / Library of Congress. It's more a voluntary thing, to put your work on the official historical record.) This is why both of these libraries have such enormous catalogues. If everyone's obeying the law, they should have at least one copy of ever book ever published in their respective countries. (As to which one is biggest? Well, they're actually about equal - both quoting around 170 million titles - but the British Library might just sneak out ahead. But for the usual reason: the UK is a much older country, so it's been doing this for longer.)
The Knowledge is every street in a 6 mile (I think) radius of Charing Cross railway station (or more specifically the statue of King Charles I on the traffic island by Trafalgar Square as that is where all distances to/from London are measured from - it used to be from London Bridge). The City of London is 1.12 square miles and the 32 London boroughs (including where Trafalgar Square and most of the tourist parts of central London are located) is approximately 606 square miles. That is actual London and does not include the surrounding metropolitan areas outside London, so it’s about twice the size of New York City’s five boroughs but with roughly the same population size (NYC slightly more).
I personally drink around 6 cups of tea a day maybe more if I'm in the office. That's probably why we drink more tea than coffee, we'd have daily rampages from the caffeine otherwise 😂
The Knowledge of black-cab drivers is NOT every street in London. It is every street within a six-mile radius of - I think - Cambridge Circus (at least, somewhere near there in central Londin). Greater London is 960 square miles in area.
While watching this reaction, I have a cuppa tea in my hand.😅 it's about my 10th cup of the day 😂. Been drinking tea since I was really little. My mam told she make me some in my bottle haha. Great reaction! ❤
the cards from Buckingham palace have to be applied for by someone that knows you, you also get them after 60 years of marriage i applied for my parents
The Majesties, sign the letters only and not everyone does this for their loved ones. My parents got a 60th anniversary framed letter & Photo from the Queen, (Subjects organise for their parents…it’s free). The Royal Mail sent it a day early and the surprise present from the Queen and us was ruined. Buckingham Palace were lovely, they told off the Local RM post office telling them that all letters, cards from Her Majesty etc MUST be delivered on the day. They then sent my parents the biggest bunch of flowers in a vase we have ever seen with a heart felt apology on behalf of The Queen. How sweet was that?
I like the fact that you make effort to look up online avout the triva you hear in general. On this video and others. You often find another bit if triva or a new rabbit hole to fall into 😅
Technically it's still illegal to go to the cinema on Sunday in Northern Ireland ,no longer enforced though,its from a time when people were expected to attend church on Sunday.Large shops weren't allowed to open on Sunday,even now they can only open for six hours, smaller shops can open when they want to .Up until the late 20 th century it was illegal to sell alcohol in some areas of Wales on a Sunday ,religious reasons again ,that no longer applies.
8:08 Ooof. Sir Tim Berners-Lee did not create the internet. The internet was started in 1969 (the same year we landed on the moon) at UCLA by a research coalition funded by the DoD. Berners-Lee invented HTML, webpages, and web browsers (the World Wide Web) 20 years later in 1989 while working at CERN.
Yeah, a lot of people still make this mistake and I guess they always will. Like my kids when they say we have no Wifi, when they mean the IC is gone: there is nothing wrong with the Wifi.
speaking about the english language and how it came from certain different languages. this can be seen in food items. for example, a "cow" is "Kuh" from early settlers. then the french invaded and called it "bœuf" and given many years of lack of correction and you get "beef", same with lamb/mutton & chicken/poultry.
Tea: I don't drink coffee and have between 1 and 5 cups of tea per day. I'd have more if I saw more people lol - I work from home. If I saw more people socially during the day, I'd drink more tea - it's our default setting. After 5.30pm though, it's more likely that we'd drink wine, gin or beer.
French may have been the OFFICAL language in England from 1066 to 1362, since the Normans spoke it, and they were the ones making all the rules at the time, but it certainly wasn't the PREDOMINANT language in England at that time since the saxon natives of England didn't miraculously start spouting French the moment the Normans were victorious, they carried on speaking the language they had been speaking their whole lives.
Anything lost on the London Underground (Tube) and other TFL (Transport For London) services is sent to the lost property sorting office and processed on to their system. If the item has some sort of contact details in it they will contact you, like an address, email or phone number. If you have lost an item(s) you need to go online into their system and open a ticket for the item, then when they match the item(s) with your ticket they will send you a message to collect it. This is not a free service there is a fee (sometimes more than the item is worth) for this as they have to collect, sort, store the item then contact you about it. having been there this is a big operation and there is was a 3 month back-log on items being sent to the lost property office to them being placed on their system and matched to lost items. After a certain amount of time if an item is not collected it is sent off to an online auction where it is sold and the lost property office gets paid with the auctioneers getting a %
The upside down stamp thing is completely false and it irks me when "fact" videos say this as that would be incredibly petty. I have 5 cups of tea a day. Our power grid has to factor in our tea making habits when balancing demand with production, as some events, such as popular television shows can cause many people to put the kettle on at the same time. Dinorwig Power Station is a power station that caters to this phenomenon. Its called TV Pickup and is a very British phenomenon that would have been a good addition to this video.
In reference to the books,you never took into consideration the amount of people counting. If they're a 100 doing it ( for example)then it's going to be a lot quicker
Its mad that being American you jump straight to causing violence in suits of armour whereas in truth....the sound of Lords and MPs clanking around in armour along with guards and manservants all in the halls of westminster would be so deafening that talking became impossible.
Cab driver knowledge is all roads within a certain distance of Trafalgar Square in Central London NOT all rods in the greater London area and things like museums etc🎩
The stamp thing is an urban myth. You can put a stamp on an envelope anywhere you want. Although, according to the Post Office/Royal Mail, it will have to be franked by hand rather than machine, so it will probably take longer to arrive at its destination.
Stamps aren't franked. They're cancelled. Franking is a pre-paid postage option where a franking mark is printed directly onto the envelope or a label (for parcels). The kind of Postage Paid thing you see on envelopes from HMRC saying you owe them money. 😁
So obviously it is not "considered treason" to stick a stamp upside down, and in the same item it is the "penny black" not the black penny. The "official" language of england might have been french during the time period it mentions, but the most common language was English. It hasn't been illegal to go to the cinema on a sunday in NI since 1991 (The Cinemas (Northern Ireland) Order 1991). In the 1800s a quarter of girls born were called Mary, it never came close to a quarter of all women.
Believe it or not its the gloomy weather that stops us from suffering from suvier weather storms and hurricanes. Because there's no build up in the atmosphere to create them cause the weather changes so frequent 😊
The point about the predominant language from 1066 to 1342 is only a half truth at best. The Norman invasion replaced the Anglo Saxon (Old English) speaking nobility of England with Norman French speaking nobles. So the nobles DID speak a different language during that time, but the common people (95+% of the population) were still almost entirely Anglo Saxon in culture and language - something the Norman nobles cared nothing about changing.
The point about washed eggs is about being washed in chlorinated water I would imagine to reduced salmonella risk. Eggs would definitely be washed in the UK, probably just using regular filtered tap water though. That being said the risk from salmonella has more to do with bad conditions where the chickens lay them, so if they are managed properly it shouldn't be an issue anyway.
The queen wasn't just trying to be badass and assuming she'll be let into places without a passport. It's because of how the monarchy works and that the passport office is a delegation of their power. So if she did have a passport, she'd have been permitting herself entry in and out of the country.
The treason stamp thing is a load of bo!!ocks. Also the first stamp was called the 'Penny Black' and not the Black Penny. The stamp had an engraving of Queen Victoria's head as the design, and a gum arabic coating on the reverse so no glue was required, you just needed to lick it. The Times published a risque poem for the time about the stamp which talked about 'licking little Vicky's behind'.
True. It is not and never has been treason (or any other crime) to put a stamp upside-down - the Royal Mail says so.
I think you'll find that most if not all "Brightside" videos are a load of bollocks.
My local post office staff stick stamps at all sorts of angles.
The 'official' language of England in the 11th century was French, but the language spoken by the people was Late Old English.
English is a Germanic language with a lot of French influence plus others such as Indian, Arabic etc
The egg washing is an interesting one. In most of Europe actually, we don't wash the eggs because they have a natural biofilm left on them from laying, which helps to protect the egg. For this reason we do not need to keep eggs in the fridge and they can sit at room temperature without issue for a couple of weeks. In the US they wash off the biofilm which removes the protection and ends up needing them to be stored in the fridge. It's kind of a backwards but cleaning makes them go off quickly.
Every day is a school day! I thought it was because eggs are better at room temperature.
It's also because egg shells are porous and contaminants can get into the egg once the protective coating has been removed. Hence why refrigeration limits this...since bacteria and such thrive in warm conditions. Also, since 1998 and the introduction of the Lion stamp of quality ALL eggs with that mark (i.e. all eggs commercially sold in the UK) are from hens that have been vaccinated against salmonella. Japan also vaccinates their hen livestock since it is assumed that the majority of their eggs will be eaten raw. However, ever in search of greater profit at the expense of product quality...of course, the US manufacturers do not want to do that since a program of vaccination is expensive. So they just wash 'em and stick 'em in the fridge.
They aren't at room temp when they are cooked. 😊@@mairiconnell6282
Washing eggs (and chickens) also makes it easier for producers to hide poor animal welfare conditions.
@@mairiconnell6282they are better at room temperature. Less likely to crack when boiled and the cooking directly from chilled changes the texture of the white IMO.
From 1066 to 1362 the predominant language of England was English - it was the ruling classes that spoke French - the common person spoke English
True, this is why we have two words for a lot of food animals, those that grew them, called them by the English/Saxon name, while those that ate them called them by the French name. Cow/ beef Pig/ pork etc
English is one of the most spoken languages in the World. PLUS coming out of Britain' was half of the world's inventions. Amazing for a small country.
@@ENGBriseB Britain isn't a country though.
Fun fact, sabotage comes from the French word sabot, which means clog (wooden shoe) As mechanisation meant less work for labourers, they would throw their sabots into the machine and break it, hence, sabotage
A unicorn is just a Rhinoceros that has learnt to moisturise.
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The point about Great Britain vs United Kingdom should not have the R.O.I on either map- that will lead to confusion.
Des he now what R.O.I refers to ?
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It’s illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
Also on a daily average, let’s see, morning tea, tea when I get to work, break tea, tea for after break, tea at lunch. Tea again before leaving work, tea when I get home with dinner, tea before bed.
So like 7-10 tea’s a day.
Not strictly true that the Monarch sends a Birthday Card when you reach 100 years old. You (usually a relative) have to apply for a card to be sent.
The British Library is a Copyright library, every thing published in the UK, books, newspapers, periodicals, magazines etc have to send one to the British Library......
They'll have some good porn mags then, ill volunteer to catalogue that section.
One of the pilots on Westray to Papa Westray flights has said that if the wind is just right he can fly the whole flight backwards it has also been done in around 1 minute 40 seconds from wheels up to wheels down and it is done in what you called a puddle jumper.
As someone from Northern Ireland, we can go to see a movie in the cinema on a Sunday, this has not been a law for a very long time lol
In answer to your question- yes, Black Cab drivers still have to pass The Knowledge. They pass it in stages, rather than being examined on the whole of London in one go. Who knows whether this will be continued in teh future, as SATNAVs are now so common. In theory, you can jump into a cab anywhere in London and ask to be taken to any specific address, and they will know the best route there. Famously though, very few cab drivers are willing to 'go South of the River' particularly in the evenings - though during the day there shouldn't be a problem.
Wow, it kind of seems like a waste of good hard working brains.
The one about sticking a stamp on upside down is an urban myth and not true, people put stamps on upside down all the time. The monarch doesn’t need a passport because British passports are issued in their name, so the queen would have been vouching for herself, the same goes for driving licences.
The upside down stamp is not specifically enshrined in law, however, it IS an act of treason to display upside down any image of the monarch. This means that an upside down stamp is a technical breach of the law, although it is never enforced, because the intent would be impossible to prove.
I watched a show about her once and it said she was the only woman on the planet that didnt need a passport. I thought that was soo cool. 😅
There was no Black Penny stamp, it was called the Penny Black.
And both Türkey and Ireland drink more tea per capita than the UK.
What are you talking about of course there was penny black stamp it's head was queen victoria.
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I think that you misread my post, because you're agreeing with me. I wrote that the stamp was called the penny black, not the black penny.
Fun fact: the reason we have different words for, say, cows and beef, is that the people working with the livestock (ie lower classes) spoke German. The people who got to enjoy the fruit of their labours spoke French. So the living "cow" is closer to the German "Kuh", the meat "beef" comes straight from the French "bœuf". At least that's what I was told by a much older and wiser woman and it makes sense to me.
I've heard the same
Because that is correct!
Tea ! Modern tea drinking is by mug, not cup. The first mug satisfies the need. the second one is enjoyed, whilst the third is one is savoured per session. Multiply that by breakfast, eleven's, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Occasionally one may have an evening brew. ....😘😘
I’m English and I drink 3-4 cups of tea a day minimum. I’m drinking one right now.
Also my grandma hit 100 years old and you don’t get a telegram unless you apply for it (which we did). You used to get one automatically but now you have to specifically request it.
.... and it is not a telegram ( these do not exist any more) you get a card.
One of the BIG reasons we drink a lot more tea is Americans don't use kettles as their electric system is 110 v and ours js 240v
It takes forever for a kettle to boil ,so they tend to use coffee makers. It's so common to put the kettle on in the uk and in less than 5 mins you've got a cup of tea or coffee
I have to admit we always say especially in the south east that we say you alright to say hello but we don’t care if you are ok or not
I have worked extensively for Royal Mail, and if you put your stamp on upside down it can mean at least one of two things.. you are blind/partially sighted and didn't know, or you did it on purpose..
Either way unfortunately, since computer automation of reading the mail and stamps in recent decades, mean your mail will be delayed in delivery... We have very strict conduct as far as the "Crown's Mail" goes, but I have not heard of anyone taken down for Treason for anything in recent times!!
I just checked the Odeon cinema site and looked at the film times for the Belfast branch. A full programme seems to be available this coming Sunday, including _The Exorcist: Believer_ so read into that what you will.
This video is well out of date.
I live in Belfast and that fact is so out of date it isn't funny. You can also go to the pub on Sunday's now - not so when I was young.
The video is made by an American is my guess who doesn't know about any of his 'facts'.
Brilliant! Thank you JJ!
I don't think any English person would ever use the word "hey" for a greeting.
You have such lovely mannerisms, it's a joy to see that as an American, you're not the stereotypical type that we get shown over here in Blighty.
This is a compliment by the way, hopefully not lost in translation.
Love your videos, because you have a lovely "chilled vibe" about you. Xx
I drink about 6-10 cups of tea each day! 😬
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Every British passport is in effect, a note from the Monarch saying "in my name, please let my subject pass"... seeing as she/he doesnt need a note when they are present themselves.... that's the reasoning behind not requiring a passport.
First page of my passport states: “Her Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.”
Fight comes from the Old English "feohtan", surrender from the Old French "surrendre", Make of that what you will.
Another fun fact. It's illegal to be drunk in a pub in England and Wales. From a law that goes back to 1872, it is illegal to be drunk in a pub, or it's illegal to serve someone that is intoxicated in a pub. You could get fined £200
Sundays are certainly open on Sundays.
But they close at midnight on the dot.
1895 - 1907 is 12 years not 22 as stated. It is also illegal to die whilst in the Houses of Parliament. Cinemas in Northern Ireland were not allowed to open on Sundays following The Sunday Observation Act (passed in 1695 - this Act deemed Sundays religiously important and any activity deemed unreligious was banned - clearly they did not have cinemas in 1695), this was addressed by the Cinemas Order 1991, meaning a fine could be levied but is likely not going to be.
@JJLA Reacts When searching to see if something's true or not, always add 'myth' to the search.
The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown, the lion beat the unicorn all around the town; some gave them white bread and some gave them brown, and some gave them roast beef and beat them out of town! (English nursery rhyme).
Correction, the predominant language of English NOBILITY was French, the commonfolk of England (peasantry, tradesmen, burghers ((meaning middleclass)), all spoke middle English. The Normans were of course French, and when William took the crown in 1066 he ousted the Saxon nobility with his own Norman Dukes and Counts. But the peasantry as a whole weren't affected linguistically as such, though French and English did begin to intermingle, the country as a whole didn't suddenly convert to French as a main language.
London cab drivers not only have to know all the streets, they also need to know all the landmarks and points of interest such as hotels, etc., and -- crucially -- the best routes to get from A to B. The most obvious routes that someone just looking at a map of London would pick out would typically lead to you being stuck in traffic for ages, while a detour around back streets can be super fast even at peak hours. On one season of Amazing Race they had a cab challenge in London where contestants were driven around a short route in a cab and had to recite the route afterwards -- street names, which direction to turn when, sites along the way... It was tough.
The more you come across Welsh words the more I want you to try a Welsh pronunciation video.
average umbrella is about £5.00, you must like your designer ones lol
when I buy 5 pound umbrellas in Denmark they don't last long with our winds at all. Gotta get one's for 15+ pounds
American eggs are washed due to salmonella risk. Washing takes away a protective coating that means they need refrigeration. Uk eggs are kept on the shelf because our chickens are vaccinated against salmonella instead of washing the eggs.
Literally love watching this dude he's so chilled and funny 😊
I remember when my mum put a stamp upside-down on a letter. She took the letter out of the envelope. Did a new one with the stamp right way up. I asked her why? She said she could be arrested for insulting the Queen.
PS great video.
Waste of a stamp. Wouldn't do it with today's prices.
There was always a good get-out excuse for an upside down stamp - there was a power cut so you couldn’t see which way up you’d put it. This reason was acceptable in law.
In the UK, we only want to buy free-range eggs too (unless you're a barbarian who doesn't care about chicken welfare).
The library wasn’t all added at once but over a very long time so they probably just counted the books as they added them and use an old filing system to keep track and of course computers now
this guy is the best
You are!!! ❤️🙌🍻
Sorry to disappoint ....I am
I love hearing Welsh people say the name of that town
Passports were issued on behalf of her Britainnic majesty, as that was her she didnt need one, same as driving licence.
5 coffees in the morning and about 8 to 10 teas in the afternoon
If you wash them you must put them in the fridge to stay fresh. If you dont wash them you can keep them on the counter as the protective layer has not been washed away… but sometimes the dirt from the nest is still on the egg. So there are two philosophies about it and you cannot mix the two. Noeway also washes eggs and cannot export to the rest of Europe…and vice versa
Had to rewind there, I swear you said breast fed not grass fed 🤣🤣
LOL that probably creates a nice egg too!
You calculated how long it would take one person to count all the books in the British library and were surprised at how long it would take... well... there isn't just one person working there. Also, once a book is catalogued (has it's ID code, scanned and shelved) it has been accounted for and would not necessarily need to be recounted every year, only when an inventory audit is required. This means that only a few hundred/thousand books per year need to be handled, which would take significantly less time and by multiple skilled librarians. 😁
The British Library is like the Library of Congress.
They're the UK and US's deposit libraries and it's actually a legal requirement, when you publish a book, to send a copy to these libraries. So that they can be a catalogue for, basically, everything that's ever been published.
(Mind you, how strictly this is enforced is another thing. I'm sure that there are books that have been missed. Though a legal requirement, I doubt there's any "book police" who hunt down authors who forgot or didn't know they were supposed to submit a copy to the British Library / Library of Congress. It's more a voluntary thing, to put your work on the official historical record.)
This is why both of these libraries have such enormous catalogues. If everyone's obeying the law, they should have at least one copy of ever book ever published in their respective countries.
(As to which one is biggest? Well, they're actually about equal - both quoting around 170 million titles - but the British Library might just sneak out ahead. But for the usual reason: the UK is a much older country, so it's been doing this for longer.)
No the cinemas are all open on Sundays 😂
I really enjoy your videos. You seem like a thoroughly decent person and your voice is very smooth and calming😊
I'm not convinced that an upside down stamp is treason. I'm certain this is an urban legend.
The Knowledge is every street in a 6 mile (I think) radius of Charing Cross railway station (or more specifically the statue of King Charles I on the traffic island by Trafalgar Square as that is where all distances to/from London are measured from - it used to be from London Bridge). The City of London is 1.12 square miles and the 32 London boroughs (including where Trafalgar Square and most of the tourist parts of central London are located) is approximately 606 square miles. That is actual London and does not include the surrounding metropolitan areas outside London, so it’s about twice the size of New York City’s five boroughs but with roughly the same population size (NYC slightly more).
I personally drink around 6 cups of tea a day maybe more if I'm in the office. That's probably why we drink more tea than coffee, we'd have daily rampages from the caffeine otherwise 😂
First I've heard our cinemas are closed on a Sunday 😮
In the uk eggs are taken straight from the 'ruddy chickens bum, sometimes they still have feathers on them when you crack um open
The Knowledge of black-cab drivers is NOT every street in London. It is every street within a six-mile radius of - I think - Cambridge Circus (at least, somewhere near there in central Londin). Greater London is 960 square miles in area.
A catalogue can be put together. By a team.
While watching this reaction, I have a cuppa tea in my hand.😅 it's about my 10th cup of the day 😂. Been drinking tea since I was really little. My mam told she make me some in my bottle haha. Great reaction! ❤
First time watching, love this reaction, appreciate you researching further.
Fun fact: The blurry eye thing is real .. I had to switch to decaf because too much caffeine was increasing the pressure in my eyeballs!
"That was in bad taste because she's dead now". I felt so guilty laughing but the way you delivered that line had me in stitches 😂
I thought an umbrella cost like a fiver? Who’s paying £25 for an umbrella.
the cards from Buckingham palace have to be applied for by someone that knows you, you also get them after 60 years of marriage i applied for my parents
The Majesties, sign the letters only and not everyone does this for their loved ones. My parents got a 60th anniversary framed letter & Photo from the Queen, (Subjects organise for their parents…it’s free). The Royal Mail sent it a day early and the surprise present from the Queen and us was ruined. Buckingham Palace were lovely, they told off the Local RM post office telling them that all letters, cards from Her Majesty etc MUST be delivered on the day. They then sent my parents the biggest bunch of flowers in a vase we have ever seen with a heart felt apology on behalf of The Queen. How sweet was that?
I like the fact that you make effort to look up online avout the triva you hear in general. On this video and others. You often find another bit if triva or a new rabbit hole to fall into 😅
Technically it's still illegal to go to the cinema on Sunday in Northern Ireland ,no longer enforced though,its from a time when people were expected to attend church on Sunday.Large shops weren't allowed to open on Sunday,even now they can only open for six hours, smaller shops can open when they want to .Up until the late 20 th century it was illegal to sell alcohol in some areas of Wales on a Sunday ,religious reasons again ,that no longer applies.
J, you should really come over to visit us.
I'm British. Never heard about the birds changing the time either mate. Good video. :)
8:08 Ooof. Sir Tim Berners-Lee did not create the internet. The internet was started in 1969 (the same year we landed on the moon) at UCLA by a research coalition funded by the DoD. Berners-Lee invented HTML, webpages, and web browsers (the World Wide Web) 20 years later in 1989 while working at CERN.
Yeah, a lot of people still make this mistake and I guess they always will. Like my kids when they say we have no Wifi, when they mean the IC is gone: there is nothing wrong with the Wifi.
speaking about the english language and how it came from certain different languages. this can be seen in food items. for example, a "cow" is "Kuh" from early settlers. then the french invaded and called it "bœuf" and given many years of lack of correction and you get "beef", same with lamb/mutton & chicken/poultry.
Tea: I don't drink coffee and have between 1 and 5 cups of tea per day. I'd have more if I saw more people lol - I work from home. If I saw more people socially during the day, I'd drink more tea - it's our default setting. After 5.30pm though, it's more likely that we'd drink wine, gin or beer.
The stamp thing is completely untrue, but believed by truly stupid people.
French may have been the OFFICAL language in England from 1066 to 1362, since the Normans spoke it, and they were the ones making all the rules at the time, but it certainly wasn't the PREDOMINANT language in England at that time since the saxon natives of England didn't miraculously start spouting French the moment the Normans were victorious, they carried on speaking the language they had been speaking their whole lives.
Anything lost on the London Underground (Tube) and other TFL (Transport For London) services is sent to the lost property sorting office and processed on to their system.
If the item has some sort of contact details in it they will contact you, like an address, email or phone number.
If you have lost an item(s) you need to go online into their system and open a ticket for the item, then when they match the item(s) with your ticket they will send you a message to collect it. This is not a free service there is a fee (sometimes more than the item is worth) for this as they have to collect, sort, store the item then contact you about it. having been there this is a big operation and there is was a 3 month back-log on items being sent to the lost property office to them being placed on their system and matched to lost items.
After a certain amount of time if an item is not collected it is sent off to an online auction where it is sold and the lost property office gets paid with the auctioneers getting a %
The upside down stamp thing is completely false and it irks me when "fact" videos say this as that would be incredibly petty.
I have 5 cups of tea a day. Our power grid has to factor in our tea making habits when balancing demand with production, as some events, such as popular television shows can cause many people to put the kettle on at the same time. Dinorwig Power Station is a power station that caters to this phenomenon. Its called TV Pickup and is a very British phenomenon that would have been a good addition to this video.
Don't think the TV thing is a thing anymore with Netflix etc. Nobody watches the same thing these days, except for maybe Attenborough.
@@Poliss95 I can't speak for trends, but it is still a thing and television schedules are still monitored for that purpose
She didn't even get to send herself a telegram.
In reference to the books,you never took into consideration the amount of people counting. If they're a 100 doing it ( for example)then it's going to be a lot quicker
I drink at least 12 cups of tea a day and they have to be made with Yorkshire teabags - these make the best 'builder's brew'. x
As a brit 1 cup of coffee and 7+ teas a day on weekends no coffee 10+ tea 😄
Its mad that being American you jump straight to causing violence in suits of armour whereas in truth....the sound of Lords and MPs clanking around in armour along with guards and manservants all in the halls of westminster would be so deafening that talking became impossible.
Cab driver knowledge is all roads within a certain distance of Trafalgar Square in Central London NOT all rods in the greater London area and things like museums etc🎩
Most Brits now eat free range eggs.
I can't see the point of washing the shell, though, as we don't eat the shell.
Between 2 and 3 cups a day
The stamp thing is an urban myth.
You can put a stamp on an envelope anywhere you want.
Although, according to the Post Office/Royal Mail, it will have to be franked by hand rather than machine, so it will probably take longer to arrive at its destination.
Stamps aren't franked. They're cancelled. Franking is a pre-paid postage option where a franking mark is printed directly onto the envelope or a label (for parcels). The kind of Postage Paid thing you see on envelopes from HMRC saying you owe them money. 😁
Not sure why the video is illustrating Liverpool with a video of people at the Entrance to Canary Wharf underground station in East London.
So obviously it is not "considered treason" to stick a stamp upside down, and in the same item it is the "penny black" not the black penny. The "official" language of england might have been french during the time period it mentions, but the most common language was English. It hasn't been illegal to go to the cinema on a sunday in NI since 1991 (The Cinemas (Northern Ireland) Order 1991). In the 1800s a quarter of girls born were called Mary, it never came close to a quarter of all women.
The black penny stamp was actually known as the penny black not black penny
I drink about 8 cups of tea a day.
As someone from N.Ireland it is certainly not illegal to go to the cinema on a sunday ahahah i'f it was i'd be out a lot of money lol
Believe it or not its the gloomy weather that stops us from suffering from suvier weather storms and hurricanes.
Because there's no build up in the atmosphere to create them cause the weather changes so frequent 😊
The point about the predominant language from 1066 to 1342 is only a half truth at best.
The Norman invasion replaced the Anglo Saxon (Old English) speaking nobility of England with Norman French speaking nobles.
So the nobles DID speak a different language during that time, but the common people (95+% of the population) were still almost entirely Anglo Saxon in culture and language - something the Norman nobles cared nothing about changing.
This is so funny when someone from usa find out stuff out about uk don't understand about us.
You have to apply to the royals to get a card on your 100th birthday it's not automatic
A lot of the items in the british library are leaflets and booklets and stuff, the 170million isn't necessarily just books.
Your comment about the queen not being able to send cards cos she's dead made me laugh so much. I love your irreverence.
English is the most spoken language in the world Today.
The point about washed eggs is about being washed in chlorinated water I would imagine to reduced salmonella risk.
Eggs would definitely be washed in the UK, probably just using regular filtered tap water though.
That being said the risk from salmonella has more to do with bad conditions where the chickens lay them, so if they are managed properly it shouldn't be an issue anyway.
The queen wasn't just trying to be badass and assuming she'll be let into places without a passport. It's because of how the monarchy works and that the passport office is a delegation of their power. So if she did have a passport, she'd have been permitting herself entry in and out of the country.
you count 170 million books with more than 1 person