So I'm sure you haven't missed all the talk about "BrExit" in the week gone by. While this has deeper repercussions aross the world, this week's general knowledge nugget will look at which countries make up the European Union and a brief history of the EU. Because let’s face it, the EU will never be the same again, and it'll be great for you to know a bit about the background of the EU, since everyone around you will be talking about it for a few days. (I won’t be getting into the pros & cons of the EU, because then this will become a really long message). After the devastating 2nd world war, 6 European countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg & the Netherlands) got together in 1951 to sign an economic treaty to run their heavy industries under a common management (Called the European Coal & Steel Community). The idea was simple - to unite the countries politically & economically so that there will be lasting peace all across Eur...