That we took being negative and turned it into the most positive thing about us. That and we're a tiny divided nation smaller than Texas that has given the world some of it's greatest achievements.
Including Baseball and Apple Pie.
The Irish took Revelry and made it an art-form. The Welsh channeled Melpomene so it created the sweetest of voices from the direst of tales. The Scottish took Stoicism and turned it into Steel and Genius. The English conquered half the world by understanding Feces, and then gave it back and focussed on laughing about it.
While France has the best cuisine, Germany has the greatest efficiency, America make everything larger than life; Britain makes joys out of woes.
/salute