Plenty in the UK don’t know which way up it should be - I got into a lengthy argument with somebody recently who insisted it was a left/right issue and had nothing to do with where the flag pole might be.

A common belief but no evidence to support it.

https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispelling-some-myths-upside-down-union-flags

Mostly no, there’s a distance requirement. Above, they get free bus travel, below not.

I do not believe 700 people are killed each year in the UK in collisions with animals, largely because in 2024 the total number of people killed in all road collisions was just 1,602.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024#overall-casualties-and-rates