→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Keanu Reeves Gives Away Millions ... and 6 other Celebrity Facts https://youtu.be/6F_NzmAQbg4?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO When Humans Started Shaving Different Parts of Our Bodies https://youtu.be/Am7uIOSxSH4?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: The actual name of the sovereign state we are talking about is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). The United Kingdom is made up of the countries England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/01/the-difference-between-the-uk-england-and-great-britain/ Sources: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3846.htm http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/member-countries/unitedkingdom/index_en.htm http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823 http://www.buyfromtheuk.co.uk/Facts/UKFacts.htm http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/states.htm http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/devolution/guidance/glossary_of_devolution_terms.aspx http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/overseas-territories/ http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Britannia-Statue.jpg