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About 38 per cent of the United Kingdom population has a university or college degree, which is the highest percentage in Europe, and among the highest percentages in the world. [415] The United Kingdom is home to many universities, including the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge which often achieve first place on global rankings.
SMS Niobe was a light cruiser of the Gazelle class, built for the Imperial German Navy.Launched in 1899, Niobe was armed with ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and had a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph).
Screenshot of Wikipedia's article on Earth, 18 January 2023 Opening English Wikipedia's main page with Mozilla Firefox 99 on Ubuntu 20.04. The English Wikipedia surpassed six million articles on 23 January 2020. [12] In November 2022, the total volume of the compressed texts of its articles amounted to 20 gigabytes. [13]
A mobile version showing the English Wikipedia's Main Page on October 2, 2024. Wikipedia's original medium was for users to read and edit content using any standard web browser through a fixed Internet connection.
Most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 as the Irish Free State, and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 created the present United Kingdom. The UK became the first industrialised country and was the world's foremost power for the majority of the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the " Pax Britannica " between 1815 ...
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The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. [7] It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100 smaller adjacent islands.