And the world's first public lending library. (Manchester) The Co-op (Manchester) The Vegetarian Society (Guess)
Strictly speaking he invented the World Wide Web (or the http protocols for the even more extreme pedants amongst us), the Internet was invented by the US military and space agency before it became NASA - think it was called ARPANET - someone called Cerf was involved :-D Folk can dogpile.com the rest I knew my degree would come in useful one day
Well done Great Britain, in the this world of marketing, PR, Post truth and spin I think many other countries will soon by copying ye and extoling their (percieved) virtues in their name the only other one I can think of is Burkina Faso (homeland of the uncorruptable people). How about Liberal holland, efficient Germany etc. Actually isn't India being marketed as incredible India so Its started already.
The hubba hubba, oh yeah baby, ultra hot one. I only have to hear that sultry strumpet say "Brexit means Brexit" and I swoon.
Morecambe and Wise French and Saunders The Two Ronnies Vic and Bob Little and Large..... Oh, hold on a sec...
Spotted dick Pork pies Christmas crackers with plastic rubbish in them ( The fench have never seem em ) Fox Hunting
In 2016 we came behind Texas, Massachusetts and California for patent registration. At the turn of the 20th century we accounted for over 50% of all things invented and patented, ever. It's not the key identifier for a nations power, but the ability to invent new things is a general sign of health and education.