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Fun Fact about Hawaii, We have the most isolated population on the face of the earth

Hi I'm from Slovenia a small country in central europe.

Did you know:
-There are less than 2 million people living in Slovenia
-Slovenia is home to as many as 260 waterfalls
-Slovenia is roughly the size of Wales
-It's shaped like a chicken

im from iowa, usa :)

http://iagenweb.org/johnson/SomeFactsAboutIowa.htm

http://weirdfascinatingstuff.blogspot.com/2008/05/weird-laws-in-iowa.html

Hi guys, I'm from Mexico, I live in Leon, Guanajuato.

Something interesting, well my city is known as the Shoe Capital of the World, belive it or not.

hey, i'm from Estonia
-it's in Balticum as Lithuania
-guess who brought Skype to you? ;)
-it's very small country with not too friendly people
-Our country boasts the 3000-year-old crater of an iron meteorite that influenced the religions and customs of the Baltic Sea region.
-The Kunda and Pärnu settlements are older than most cradles of the European civilisation.
-Our language contains about a thousand words that date back to the last ice age
-Our capital has one of the most seamless wireless Internet networks in the world.
- about 90% of our population pay their taxes via Internet...
-The largest collection of wheel crosses in the world.
-Estonians have one of the biggest needs for personal space in the world – a good example of that being settlement density that is 4 times less compared to Denmark and 12 times less compared to The Netherlands.
-Estonia is small, both by area and population, but it has more than a hundred historical parishes, each one with its own traditional clothing.
-The joint choir of the General Song Festival has the biggest number of singers in the world
-Tallinn 2011 – for a year the Estonian capital city will hold the title of European Capital of Culture.
-Estonia ranks 3rd in the world press freedom index, following Norway and Iceland (Reporters Without Borders, 2007).
-The first daily newspaper was published in Tallinn as early as in 1675 (in England – 1702).
-Estonia is egalitarian – 51% of engineers and scientists are women (European Union average being 29%).
-The Estonian sense of humour is dark and very self-ironic reminiscent of English and Finnish humour.
-Tallinn – home of the Christmas tree. A Christmas tree on Tallinn Town Hall Square was first mentioned in 1441. The custom then was to dance around the tree and celebrate, and later burn it. Until now a small French town called Selestat has claimed itself to be the cradle of the Christmas tree, but their documents are almost a century younger (1521).

(i read that, Dennmark's flag is the oldest in the world(didn't know that) but the inspiration of the flags' design came from Estonia)
-Tallinn – Danish town. According to a legend the Danish got their national flag (Dannebrog) from here. It was thrown down to them from the skies at a decisive moment during a battle fought against Estonians on the 15th of June, 1219. The small coat of arms of Tallinn – a white cross on a red background – recalls those old days.

Actually. Skype was invented by a DANISH and a swedish entrepreneur. They later sold it to someone (i don't really know who) for over 2 billion dollars. :)

kansas city
pretty lame

tells us a coll face about it?

tells us a coll face about it?

Skype was founded in 2003 by the Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and a Dane Janus Friis.The Skype software was developed by Estonian developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn. The idea was theirs, but estonians developed it. and they sold it to e-bay and there were much commotion about that. that's the story ;)

My deepest apoligies :D

Didn't know the full story :D Guess i don't mind sharing the credit ;o)

heres a few facts :)

-Elk Horn in the largest Danish settlement in the United States
-Kalona is the largest Amish community west of the Mississippi River.
-Fenlon Place Elevator in Dubuque is the world's steepest and shortest railway.
-Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids, is the largest cereal company in the world.
-Dubuque is home to the only county courthouse with a gold dome
-Cornell College is the only school in the nation to have its entire campus listed on the National Register of Historic Places
-Sabula is Iowa's only town on an island.
-Born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, John Wayne was the son of a pharmacist and grew up to become one of Hollywood's most popular movie stars. The famous actor was born on May 26, 1907.

weird laws
-In Marshalltown horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants.
-A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.
-An owner or employee of an establishment in Iowa that sells alcohol can't legally consume a drink there after closing for business.
-Don't plan on running a "tab" in Iowa; it's illegal.
-In Fort Madison the fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
-Indianola: The "Ice Cream Man" and his truck are banned.
-It is a violation of the law to sell or distribute drugs or narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax stamp.
-It is illegal to hunt from an aircraft.
-It is illegal to accept a gratuity or tip in Iowa.
Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.

there is some fucked laws

there is some fucked laws

from vancouver, canada all the way!

I'm from the United States, more specifically, I live in the state of California.

With laws like those remind me to never go to Iowa haha

tell us something cool or random or weird about it

well...
- it is illegal to kill a sasquatch
- a jailer is required by law to get a conviced debtor a pint of beer on demand
- it is illegal to removed bandages in public
- it is illegal to kill a sick person by frightening them
- and it is illegal to pretend practicing witchcraft (Keyword: pretend)

well...
- it is illegal to kill a sasquatch
- a jailer is required by law to bring convicted debtors a pint of beer on demand
- it is illegal to remove bandages in public
- it is illegal to kill a sick person my frightening them
- and it is illegal to pretend practicing witchcraft (keyword: pretend)