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The Goodwin Sands are a ten-mile long sandbank off the coast of Kent, Southern England, in the English Channel and completely surrounded by water. Thanks to British eccentricity games of cricket were often held there for over 150 years until some humourless killjoy managed to get it banned in...

The British are the tops, Guv-nah Josh Kjenner (American) The other day, I decided that maybe my teeth could use a little less uniformity and a lot more serration. After replacing my toothpaste with syrup, my toothbrush with a ball of icing, and my floss with a skillsaw blade, I then...

Football (or soccer as it's called in North America) is THE most popular team sport in the world. Nearly every country has its own national team, including Iraq whose team recently played Qatar in the final of the football tournament at the Asian Games. The Iraqis won the silver medal Saddam's...

Thanks to the Industrial Revolution which started in Britain in the late 18th century, Britain's cities during the 19th century were probably the dirtiest - and smelliest - in the world. Thanks to the dirty water that people drank, outbreaks of cholera and typhus were common. Industrial...

Christophe Deborsu, a news reporter, delivers the fake bulletin as Flemish Belgians wave Flanders (Northern Belgium) flags(Alexis Haulot/Reporters) The Times December 15, 2006 Thousands of Belgians were thrown into a panic by news that the Flemish half of the country had declared...

Rule Britannia: A new portrait of the Royal Family commemorating the commissioning of Prince Harry into the British Army by artist Sergei Pavlenko © PA It's a common occurence for the Queen to attend the passing out parade at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst to inspect the new...

VIDEO: The boss who fell asleep on a railway track 15th December 2006 Kevin Craswell can be seen asleep to the left of a passing train and using the live rail as a pillow Go here to watch the video as a train passes by the sleeping man -...

Aldermaston, in Berkshire, is a gigantic factory - with around 1,100 buildings - where Britain designs, tests and builds its nuclear bombs. And the biggest construction project in Britain is underway as this huge place is getting bigger. And, like America's Area 51, the base is highly Top Secret...