Tell me one unique thing about Finland

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1. Bears are nudists and swingers, but only in Kuusamo.

2. Kesäkeitto is regarded as nutrition.

   (A bag of frozen mixed veg defrosted in milk and warmed slightly in a microwave oven. €9.70)

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4. flair checks out

5. The flag

6. I live here.

7. we can be really happy on the inside while our faces simultaneously show nothing of the resemblance

8. Finns used to use flamethrowers against mosquitoes

9. Finland is only country, where playing sauna-gollum is socially acceptable in public saunas.

10. Finnish beer “sahti” is one of the oldest beer types in the world.

11. Varkaus

12. was sure this was already said… but nah.

    Mämmi

13. Rovaniemi is the largest city (by area) of the EU!

14. Most common lake name is paskolampi or shitpond in English

15. Poronkusema is a unit of length.

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    [https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/finnish-the-language-has-a-word-for-the-distance-that-a-reindeer-can-travel-before-stopping-to-urinate.html](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/finnish-the-language-has-a-word-for-the-distance-that-a-reindeer-can-travel-before-stopping-to-urinate.html)

16. Finland is the only country in the world named Finland.

17. We have more saunas than cars in the country

18. We used to have Sauna world championship competitions until it was banned after a terrible incident in 2011.

    A Russian and a Finnish man went into the sauna for the finale. The Russian died while the Finn suffered serious injuries. Neither of them really won in the end

19. Finland has the only former Milsurp dealer who has successfully transformed to selling quality goods rather than chimesium shelf fillers.

20. the white represents the clouds and the blue represents water(if i remember right)

21. It’s not the greatest country but the flag is a big plus!

22. Whites won Finnish Civil War.