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People under 16 are not allowed to participate in the National Lottery.

Catherine of Aragon was a Spanish princess.

Motor-car racing in the UK started in 1902.

The Commonwealth is based on the core values of democracy, good government and the rule of law.

Giving blood only takes about an hour to do.

In the late 1970s, the post-war economic boom came to an end.

Margaret Thatcher made structural changes to the economy through the privatisation of nationalised industries and imposed legal controls on trade union powers.

In the Middle Ages, Knights, who were usually smaller landowners, and wealthy people from towns and cities were elected to sit in the House of Commons.

The words ‘Apple’ and ‘summer’ are based on Anglo-Saxon words.

Local authorities provide a range of services in their areas. They are funded by money from central government and by local taxes.

If you are self-employed, you need to pay your own tax through a system called ‘self-assessment’, which includes completing a tax return.

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly are known as MLAs (members of the Legislative Assembly).

Hanukkah is in November or December and is celebrated for eight days.

During the Victorian period, the British Empire grew to cover all of India, Australia and large parts of Africa.

The total British population located in Wales is around 5%.

The Home Secretary is responsible for crime, policing and immigration.

Scientists led by Ernest Rutherford, working at Manchester and then Cambridge University, were the first to ‘split the atom’ and took part in the Manhattan Project in the United States, which developed the atomic bomb.

During the Second World War, British movies (for example, In Which We Serve) played an important part in boosting morale.

After the Black Death, new social classes appeared, including owners of large areas of land (later called the gentry), and people left the countryside to live in the towns. In the towns, growing wealth led to the development of a strong middle class.

The Harrier jump jet, an aircraft capable of taking off vertically, was also designed and developed in the UK.

Jessica Ennis (1986-) won the 2012 Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon, which includes seven different track and field events. She also holds a number of British athletics records.

The National Eisteddfod of Wales is an annual cultural festival which includes music, dance, art and original performances largely in Welsh. It includes a number of important competitions for Welsh poetry.

The Super League is the most well-known rugby league (club) competition.

The Laurence Olivier Awards take place annually at different venues in London.