TIL that the British Empire was the largest in human history, about six times larger than the Roman Empire, occupying close to a quarter of the world
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British Empire | History, Countries, Map, Size, & Facts | Britannica
British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British governmen…Encyclopedia Britannica
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