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[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After the Napoleonic Wars, where the UK finally crushed France and became the most powerful empire in Europe, they asked for nothing on the European mainland for themselves.

[โ€“] Thrashy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

See, when Top Gear did a challenge with some French TV presenters and Clarkson kept muttering "don't talk about Agincourt" that was at least funny...