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Meme created by reddit user chompythebeastFrom the meme: Quite Interesting @qikipedia states that “Independence from Britain is celebrated somewhere in the world, on average, one in every seven days.”

This is because Britain had such a vast empire, many modern countries celebrate their independence from British rule. There are so many of these independence days that, statistically, one occurs roughly once a week.

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Graphic created by reddit user spicer2The chart above shows which UK Monarchs have the most pubs named after them. The clear winner is Queen Victoria with over 200 pubs named after her in some way.

From the charts creator:

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