Pointless Facts About Your Country

[Weezy_]

1. Dutch men are the tallest in the world.
   
2. The Dutch are the largest consumers of liquorice in the world.
   
3. Home births are popular in the Netherlands and account for 20% of all births.
   
4. The Netherlands was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.
   
5. Most of Amsterdam is built on wooden poles 12 meters deep.
   
6. French fries are served with mayonnaise.
   
7. The Dutch have the lowest incidence of lactose intolerance.
   
8. The Netherlands ranks as the top country for plentiful, nutritious, and affordable food, according to a 2014 Oxfam report.
   
9. There are more bicycles than people here.
   
10. Lisse is home to Keukenhof — also known as the "Garden of Europe" — the largest flower garden in the world.
    
11. Amsterdam has 1,281 bridges.
    
12. De Drie Gezusters ("The Three Sisters") is the biggest pub in all of Europe.
    
13. An emergency alarm goes off around the whole country on the first Monday of every month.
    
14. The Schiphol Airport — the main international airport of the Netherlands — is actually located more than four meters below sea level.
    
15. The Dutch greet each other with three kisses on the cheek. (mostly only if you're greeting a woman)
    
16. On December 5 and 6, the Dutch celebrate a winter holiday known as Sinterklaas that is centred around St. Nicholas. (basically Santa)
    

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Amsterdam

[Marty]

Don’t miss that fucking Dutch Alarm no one told me about it when I moved there for like 4/5 months. Fucking freaked out and all the Dutch dudes I was working with were rolling about laughing.

[Awestruck]

The Republic of Ireland

1. Only 9% of the Irish population are natural red heads.
2. 89% percent of the population are in favour of permanently separating Northern Ireland from the Republic.
3. 90% of Irish nationals are Catholic but only 30% ever attend church.
4. The average Irish adult spends £3,500 a year on alcohol.
5. The Irish report the lowest annual number of UFO sightings in Europe.
6. Bra sales in Ireland increased by 4 million between 1998 and 1999.
7. Ireland has one of the lowest rates of crime against tourists in the western world.
8. Almost 100% of Irish Catholic children take a pledge to stay away from alcohol until they are eighteen. Only 2% of them actually stick to it.

[Random]

Norway:

-Invented the cheese slicer

-Norway ships a Xmas tree every year to Britain as a token of appriciation for their help during the war.

-Norway is the largest exporter of salmon.

-Norway/Vikings were founders of Dublin, Ireland.

-Norway has one of the most expensive gasoline prices.

-Norway has knighted a penguin.

[Archer]

Turkey
The number of animal species in Turkey is five times that of the European number.
The population of Istanbul is more than that of 131 different countries.
Turkey has the 4th highest ratio of smokers worldwide
Turkey is the biggest producer of hazelnuts
The earliest permanent settlements in modern-day Turkey are 40.000 years old
Turks brought coffee and tulips into Europe
Turkish is the only major language in Europe(save for Finnish and Hungarian) that isn't from the Indo-European language family.

[TheSiphon]

Finland

The most northern McDonald's is located in Finland in Rovaniemi
First Alko (Finnish booze shop) opened in 5.4 1932 at 10:00, making the date 543210
A Finnish burger king has a sauna
There are around 2,200,000 saunas in Finland, meaning everyone could go into sauna at the same time
Finland has most heavy bands per capita
Finland has a prison with only picket fences

Finland has the biggest artillery in Europe

[Janzo 火]

The Phillipines.

 -The world’s biggest pair of shoes was made in Marikina City, Philippines, in 2002.
 -The age of Consent is 12 Years Old.
 -The world record for most women breastfeeding simultaneously was 3,541, set in Manila.
 -Christian names in the Philippines include Bing, Bong, Bambi, Bogie, Girlie, Peanut, and Bumbum.
 -It is th only majority Christian country in all of asia. (80%)
 -A Filipino American created the YoYo
 -There is a lake that contains 13 million jellyfish. Have fun swimming.
 -Bruno Mars Is half Filipino
 -Karaoke is it's favourite pass time

Yeet

[Marty]

The Phillipines.

 -The age of Consent is 12 Years Old.

Sounds like a lovely place.

[Mustang]

IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)

• The flag of Ireland (Green | White | Orange), Green stands for the catholic, orange for protestants and the white stands for the peace between them.
  

• Ireland is the only country in the world to have a musical instrument (Harp) as it's national symbol.
  

• IRA (Irish Republican Army) used to be called the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood).
  

• St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland and Nigeria.
  

• It's Derry not Londonderry.
  

It's Londonderry

NORTHERN IRELAND

1. Game of thrones employs more locals than the civil service...apparently?
   
2. The Marketing of Potatoes Act (1964) states that: “A constable may seize and may detain in custody any potatoes which are being or which are suspected by such an officer or constable of being, sent out of Northern Ireland”
   
3. The Titanic was built in Belfast
   
4. The worlds first portable defibrillator was developed in NI
   

[Marty]

Fun fact about the titanic....it lasted about as long in the water as the Brits did in the Bogside.