Science: The Sun Will Not Set on the British Empire for At Least Thousands of Years...
At its height in the early Twentieth Century, the British Empire spanned a fourth of the world. That is why it was said that the sun never set on the Empire: it was always sunny in at least one part of Britain's possessi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/04/The-Sun-Will-Never-Set-on-the-British-Empire-Even-if-Theres-a-Solar-Eclipse/

