In this section of the CVpedia you will see that Britain has been described as an ancient repository of souls, as having been inhabited by giants, as having the most outstanding tradition anywhere of renowned women, as the pioneer of unholy revelries at Christmas, as the inventor of ice cream, as the first mass producer of tooth brushes, as the home of yew trees more than 5,000 years old, as having a capital over 3,000 years old and as the greatest provider of travellers & explorers of any nation in history