Quintus Sertorius, one of the greatest Roman generals, set up his HQ in Osca (Huesca) and established there a school of *latinitas* to educate the local chiefs’ kids in the Roman way of life and law, with great success.
Just imagine a one-eyed ruthless general teaching to kids, always accompanied by his divine white fawn.
We invaded Czechia by mistake in 2020.
I’m Bulgarian, we had a really small war with Greece over a stray dog.
Assuming the surname of our prime minister Fico comes from the German Fitzer or Pfitzer, we haven’t had a prime minister with a Slovak surname name since 2006 (Dzurinda 1998-2006). Since then, we’ve had Fico (German?), Matovič (Croatian/Serb), Pellegrini (Italian), Heger (German), and Ódor (Hungarian).
We are born with skis strapped to our legs
We invented the chrismas tree!
A baker put up fruits and bake goods on a tree at new year 1419 for the children of the town. This morphed into the tradition of the chrismas tree over the centuries.
We won three wars against britain with only trollers against naval ships with cannons.
Portugal have the oldest navy in the world. Created in 1317.
In Romania we have several wonders and all of them are located in the town of Caracal:
1- An apartment block was built and there was no way to remove the crane from the inner courtyard
2- The fire department’s headquarters caught fire
3- The police station’s door was stolen
4- The cemetery is on Resurrection street
5- The bakery is built on Hunger street
6- The prison is on Freedom street
7- There is only one school in town and it is called School no. 2.
After World War 1 we forgot to make peace with San Marino and we are still at war
Dalmatian breed of dog comes from Croatia, region of Dalmatia.
Malta’s the only European country whose temperature had never gone below zero
Reindeer is a common food up here
Not sure if we’re still first, I think we do, but we were world’s leaders in organ donation and transplantation for like 28th years on a row.
Denmark and Sweden still hold the record for the largest number of wars fought between two countries.
Danish has more vowel sounds than it has consonants, and depending on who you ask, it’s also the language with the highest vocal sound count. We only have 9 vowel letters, but they combine to more than 20 in actual usage.
Cyprus has the oldest wine in the world, dating back approximately 5000 years.
We once fought and won a naval battle as a landlocked state
Denmark was the first country in the world to legalize pornography. We were also the first country to hold a porn/sex convention.
But also…
For a brief 10 year period in the 70’s, right after pornography was legalized, CP was legal to produce in Denmark – before it’s official ban roughly 10 years later. So… yeah.
Our acting federal PM (who has been acting PM for 4 years by that point) made one of his final acts signing the improvement of conditions in prisons… after he was sentenced to prison himself.
One of our former Presidents, Félix Faure, died in office while getting head by his mistress in 1899.
🇫🇷
Our Police Chief blow himself up with a granade launcher in his office.
To get from Finland to North Korea you have to cross only 1 country.
One of the only reasons why my country’s Language has survived to this day was book smuggling and illegal bookclubs.
(Lithuania)
We have 100% naval win rate while being a landlocked country.
During ww1 the Czechoslovak legions in Russia had a battle on lake Baikal. They put howitzers on a steamship, bombed a train station, sunk a ship and left.
Supposedly, we invented the tie. It all began in the 30 year war (17th century) when croatian soldiers wore a scarf tied in a specific way. The Frech liked it.
For centuries, almost all carrots were either yellow, white, or purple.
But in the 17th century, most carrots turned orange. The Dutch cultivated them as a tribute to William of Orange who led the struggle for Dutch independence and afterwards the color stuck.
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Quintus Sertorius, one of the greatest Roman generals, set up his HQ in Osca (Huesca) and established there a school of *latinitas* to educate the local chiefs’ kids in the Roman way of life and law, with great success.
Just imagine a one-eyed ruthless general teaching to kids, always accompanied by his divine white fawn.
We invaded Czechia by mistake in 2020.
I’m Bulgarian, we had a really small war with Greece over a stray dog.
Assuming the surname of our prime minister Fico comes from the German Fitzer or Pfitzer, we haven’t had a prime minister with a Slovak surname name since 2006 (Dzurinda 1998-2006). Since then, we’ve had Fico (German?), Matovič (Croatian/Serb), Pellegrini (Italian), Heger (German), and Ódor (Hungarian).
We are born with skis strapped to our legs
We invented the chrismas tree!
A baker put up fruits and bake goods on a tree at new year 1419 for the children of the town. This morphed into the tradition of the chrismas tree over the centuries.
We won three wars against britain with only trollers against naval ships with cannons.
Portugal have the oldest navy in the world. Created in 1317.
In Romania we have several wonders and all of them are located in the town of Caracal:
1- An apartment block was built and there was no way to remove the crane from the inner courtyard
2- The fire department’s headquarters caught fire
3- The police station’s door was stolen
4- The cemetery is on Resurrection street
5- The bakery is built on Hunger street
6- The prison is on Freedom street
7- There is only one school in town and it is called School no. 2.
After World War 1 we forgot to make peace with San Marino and we are still at war
Dalmatian breed of dog comes from Croatia, region of Dalmatia.
Malta’s the only European country whose temperature had never gone below zero
Reindeer is a common food up here
Not sure if we’re still first, I think we do, but we were world’s leaders in organ donation and transplantation for like 28th years on a row.
Denmark and Sweden still hold the record for the largest number of wars fought between two countries.
Danish has more vowel sounds than it has consonants, and depending on who you ask, it’s also the language with the highest vocal sound count. We only have 9 vowel letters, but they combine to more than 20 in actual usage.
Cyprus has the oldest wine in the world, dating back approximately 5000 years.
Nowadays we call it Commandaria
The ‘=’ symbol was invented by a [Welshman](https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Recorde/)
[A domestic cat from the UK holds the Guinness world record for the loudest purr.](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/my-cat-purrs-louder-than-the-tv-noisy-bella-claims-loudest-purr-record-759482)
We ate our prime minister and his brother.
France’s longest land border is with Brazil.
We once fought and won a naval battle as a landlocked state
Denmark was the first country in the world to legalize pornography. We were also the first country to hold a porn/sex convention.
But also…
For a brief 10 year period in the 70’s, right after pornography was legalized, CP was legal to produce in Denmark – before it’s official ban roughly 10 years later. So… yeah.
Our acting federal PM (who has been acting PM for 4 years by that point) made one of his final acts signing the improvement of conditions in prisons… after he was sentenced to prison himself.
One of our former Presidents, Félix Faure, died in office while getting head by his mistress in 1899.
🇫🇷
Our Police Chief blow himself up with a granade launcher in his office.
To get from Finland to North Korea you have to cross only 1 country.
One of the only reasons why my country’s Language has survived to this day was book smuggling and illegal bookclubs.
(Lithuania)
We have 100% naval win rate while being a landlocked country.
During ww1 the Czechoslovak legions in Russia had a battle on lake Baikal. They put howitzers on a steamship, bombed a train station, sunk a ship and left.
Supposedly, we invented the tie. It all began in the 30 year war (17th century) when croatian soldiers wore a scarf tied in a specific way. The Frech liked it.
For centuries, almost all carrots were either yellow, white, or purple.
But in the 17th century, most carrots turned orange. The Dutch cultivated them as a tribute to William of Orange who led the struggle for Dutch independence and afterwards the color stuck.