Interesting Facts

Marmite is quintessentially British, but did you know it wasn't invented by a Brit? It was invented by a German. (Justus von Liebig was looking for an inexpensive nutrition source for the poor of Europe, and his discovery that yeast could be concentrated and eaten, led to the manufacture of Marmite. I'm not sure if that should be celebrated, or not.)

Major cigarette firms in the UK have been accused of fueling black market in smuggled tobacco. (The accusation is that UK tobacco manufacturers turn a blind eye to the avoidance of UK tax by supplying more of their products to European countries than the legitimate market in those countries could possibly require. The “high-risk” oversupply countries included the Benelux nations – Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and of course Spain, where many Britons go on holiday. Just one “white van man” bringing back a single load of tobacco is estimated to cost the Exchequer £60,000 in lost revenue. He probably tells customs it's for "personal use".)

There is no such thing as bullet proof glass. (In spite of what movies and TV show us, no glass is completely bullet proof, the most it can claim is to be bullet resistant. Of course some manufacturers still use the term bullet proof, I guess because it sells, some even call this kind of glass, bullet proof resistant glass, which, if you think about it, is a complete contradiction in terms.)