Citizenship, here I come

Crazy/interesting/bizarre stuff I've discovered en route to passing my UK citizenship test today:

• It's perfectly acceptable to sue for divorce from your partner in the UK if they don't want to breed


• Hereditary peers no longer have the automatic right to attend debate at the House of Lords


• The UK parliament has the right to dissolve the Irish Assembly at will - and has done twice already since its inception


• The entire canal network in Britain was dug mainly by Irish labour


• The Commonwealth is second in member size only to the UN


• I'm expected to know more about British life than any average Brit to become a Brit

The last point - and a £34 test fee and £10 study guide - aside, I find that I don't actually begrudge the process. I have learned some pretty interesting stuff that will stay with me, and read a lot of trivia that has already, no doubt, evapourated.