Short answers, pulled from the story.
The name Kent is of Celtic origin and means coastal district, corner-land, or land on the edge, derived from cant meaning rim, edge, or side. It was first recorded around the 320s BC by the Greek explorer Pytheas and is considered one of the oldest place names still in use in England.
Kent earned the nickname the Garden of England because its geography and soil conditions support extensive fruit orchards, hop gardens, strawberry fields, and hazelnut production. It is the main area for hazelnut production in the UK, and oast houses for drying hops remain a characteristic feature of the Kent countryside.
On the 10th of August 2003, the hamlet of Brogdale near Faversham in Kent recorded 38.5 degrees Celsius, which was at that time the highest temperature ever officially recorded in the United Kingdom. The record still stands as the hottest August day ever recorded in the country.
Canterbury Cathedral was founded in AD 598 and became England's first Episcopal See after Saint Augustine converted King Æthelberht of Kent to Christianity in 596. It remains England's metropolitan cathedral and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Much of the Battle of Britain was fought in the skies over Kent. Between June 1944 and March 1945, more than ten thousand V1 flying bombs were fired toward London from bases in northern France, and approximately two thousand five hundred struck London and Kent combined despite defences including aircraft, anti-aircraft guns, and barrage balloons.
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, which opened in 1830, was the earliest locomotive-driven passenger-carrying railway in Britain. It was located in Kent and later merged into what became the South Eastern Railway.