1.
Apollo astronauts trained in Iceland because it
was felt that the terrain would most resemble the surface of the moon.
2. The
parliament of Iceland, established in 930, is the oldest active parliament in
the world.
3. Beer
was illegal in Iceland until March 1, 1989. Now, the date is celebrated every
year in Reykjavik as Bjordagu, or Beer Day.
4. In
Iceland, you can hand-draw a map on a piece of mail without an address, and it
will still make it to its destination.
5. Strip
clubs and lap dances are banned in Iceland.
6. Some
historians believe that Columbus visited Iceland's Snaefellsnes Peninsula in
1477 and there learned of Viking explorations of the New World.
7. Iceland's
population is smaller than that of Anaheim, California.
8. About
300,000 pedestrians, the population of Iceland, pass through Times Square every
day.
9. It's
illegal in Iceland for parents to threaten children with fictional characters.
10. Iceland
was the most peaceful place on Earth for six years straight since 2010,
according to the Institute for Economics and Peace.
11. Iceland
severed ties with Denmark and became an independent republic only in 1944.
12. Iceland
has more books published and read per person than anywhere else in the world.
13. Germany,
Denmark, Iceland and some other countries have official rules about what a baby
can be named.
14. Iceland
and the Faroe Islands are the only countries in the world where there are no
mosquitoes.
15. Icelandic
has changed so little in the last 1,000 years that Icelanders today can easily
read 12th Century texts.
16. In
Iceland, up until 1987 there was no television at all on Thursdays.
17. Iceland
is very depressed: it has the world's highest rate of antidepressant use.
18.
In 2011, Iceland used Facebook to rewrite its
constitution, as 2/3 of its population is on it.
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