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One of the most arid places on the planet with sad cats WTH is a leopard doing on sands?! gazelle small dinosaur and wild donkeys
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gazelle I thought those things were supposed to be music stars voiced by British rappers?
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Post by Ruliya on Feb 20, 2018 3:03:08 GMT
gazelle I thought those things were supposed to be music stars voiced by British rappers? Um, that's Shakira who plays Gazelle and she's Columbian, not British. She's also not a rapper.
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Some random facts about my country Switzerland was originally called Helvetia by Julius Caesar when he conquered the Helvetii, a group of Celtic tribes, who lived in the area between the Alps and the Jura Mountains. Switzerland calls itself Eidgenossenschaft (Society of the Oath) after the word Eidgenossen (Oath Fellowship), which recalls the pact signed by three lords in 1291, marking the birth of the Swiss nation. The Swiss call themselves Eidgenossen. Milton Hershey, the chocolate manufacturer, was the descendant of Swiss Mennonites who probably migrated from the Appenzell region in the early 1700s. Switzerland is one of the world’s great exporters of chocolate. Eighteen Swiss chocolate companies made 172,376 tons of chocolate in 2012. The Swiss eat more chocolate than any other nation in the world, 11.3 kg per year. One Swiss jeweler made a ring entirely out of diamond that sold for US $68 million. Switzerland is one of only two countries that have a square flag; the other is the Vatican Switzerland has a square flag; the only other square country flag belongs to the Vatican. Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman took the first acid trip in 1943 while he was conducting tests for a migraine cure in Basel, when he accidentally absorbed the LSD compound through his fingertips. Switzerland has more than 1,500 lakes, and one is never more than 10 miles (16 km) from a lake within the country’s borders. Switzerland’s highest [Dufour Peak at 15,199 feet (4,633 m)] and lowest [Ascona at 643 feet (196 m)] points are only 43 miles (69 km) apart. Amongst industrialized nations, Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership, but has nearly half the gun-related deaths the United States has. Switzerland has one of the lowest crime rates of all industrialized countries. In 2010, there were only 0.5 gun murders per 100,000 compared to 5 per 100,000 in the U.S. Emmentaler, or Emmental, cheese is also known as Swiss cheese in the United States because it has large round holes running through it. It originated in the 13th century near Bern. A single Emmental cheese weighs about 120 kg and requires approximately 1500 L of fresh milk for its production. Switzerland is one of the few nations in the world where assisted suicide is legal. Belgium, the Netherlands, and three states of the United States (Oregon, Washington, and Montana) are the others. Nicknamed the King of the Alps, Ulrich Inderbinen climbed the Matterhorn a staggering 370 times, the last at age 90. The Zermatt-born mountaineer was the oldest active mountain guide in the world when he retired at age 94. Switzerland would me a mighty big place if it were ironed flat.- Mark Twain Swiss chocolate makers Daniel Peter and Henri Nestlé invented milk chocolate in 1875. In 2007, Switzerland accidentally invaded its neighbor Liechtenstein. There is a lawyer, Antoine Goetschel, in Switzerland who represents animals in court. He even once prosecuted a fisherman for taking too long to catch a Pike. Foreigners account for around 23% of the Swiss population. A Swiss Yodelling Festival is held every three years and attracts around 10,000 yodellers, flag-throwers, and alphorn players. Swiss women are among the oldest in Europe when they have their first child, an average of 29.5 years old. For about 450 years, Switzerland’s best known exported skill was soldiering. It has been estimated that between 1400 and 1848, more than 2 million Swiss mercenaries were employed by foreign powers. Teaching in Switzerland is one of the highest paid occupations. As of 2014, the average salary for a Swiss teacher was US $68,000 per year. It is illegal to keep just one guinea pig in Switzerland; they must be kept in pairs In Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig; they must be kept in pairs. The Swiss government has mandated a program to provide every Swiss citizen a bomb shelter. Today, Switzerland boasts close to a readily available shelter for every resident. Ikea billionaire Ingvar Kamprad, Europe’s wealthiest man, lived in Switzerland for nearly four decades until he moved back to Sweden in 2013. His family is still considered the richest in Switzerland. The Swiss have the second longest life expectancy in the world after Japan. Swiss chocolatier DeLafée has actually developed gold chocolate. They blended 24-karat gold dust into cocoa butter to create edible chocolate gold. In all, some 400,000 Swiss immigrated to North America between 1850 and 1914. In some places in North America, they founded Swiss colonies, often naming them after their place of origin. Bern had 26 towns and villages named after it in the U.S., and Lucerne has 16. Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, received the very first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. Switzerland does not have a president as chief of state. Instead, it is governed by a seven-member council, and council members rotate in one-year terms as federal president. Switzerland has four official languages, French, German, Italian, and Romansch. In 1891, Karl Elsener invented the Swiss Army Knife after finding out the army’s knives were actually made in Germany. He wanted to create a knife that could have multiple uses and was made in Switzerland. There are over 400 different models of the Swiss Army Knife, and designs today can include an altimeter, barometer, and a computer USB memory card. It has been nicknamed “The World’s Smallest Toolbox.” Today, the "Officers' Knife" is available in over 100 different models Switzerland’s railway system extends for about 3,100 miles (4,989 km). The Swiss rank second behind the Japanese in traveling by train. In Switzerland, there are more banks than dentists, one per 1,400 residents. Albert Einstein came up with his special theory of relativity and the famous formula E=MC2 in Bern, Switzerland, in 1905. The world’s first portable cassette player called the Stereobelt was tested for the first time in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Legendary comedian Charlie Chaplin spent the last 25 years of his life in Switzerland. He is also buried there, and his corpse was stolen by a small group of Swiss mechanics in an attempt to extort money from his family. After retrieving his body, he was reburied under 6 feet (1.8 m) of concrete to prevent any other attempts. Switzerland’s Anti-PowerPoint Party, or APPP, actually works to decrease the number of PowerPoints used in professional presentation, claiming that Microsoft PowerPoint and its other software products are actually economically harmful. The goal of the APPP is to be the fourth largest political party in Switzerland, and their motto is “Finally do something!” The first ready-made “cup of soup” in the world was invented by Julius Maggi and Carl Knorr in 1886. It was based on bouillon cubes made of out Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) and is one of the world’s first convenience foods. Switzerland has more high mountain peaks than any other country in Europe with 48 about 13,120 feet (4,000 m). Switzerland has more high mountain peaks than any other country in Europe The Sonnenberg tunnel in Lucerne is able to house up to 20,000 people for an extended period of time as a fallout shelter. It serves as the world’s largest nuclear bomb shelter. One of Switzerland’s main defense strategies is to demolish every main access into the country via road, bridges, and railway. There are at least 3,000 locations currently prepared to blow at a moment’s notice in the event of an attack. In Switzerland, it is permissible to lease a cow, and during the duration of the lease, you get to keep all the cheese that is made from that cow’s milk. A very direct form of Democracy is still practiced in two cantons in Switzerland. This open-air Landsgemeinde (Citizens’ Assembly) is held on the public square, and all the people decide by a show of hands which laws are to be enacted. Not all women in Switzerland could vote until 1990. Appenzell Innerrhoden, the smallest populated canton (county), was the last to allow women to vote on November 27, 1990. The Pope's personal guard are called the Swiss Guard, and they all come from Switzerland The personal bodyguards of the Pope are called the Swiss Guard, and they really come from Switzerland. They are recruited from the Catholic cantons of Switzerland. They wear the same particular uniforms that they did the day it was started in the 16th century. The German town of Büsingen am Hochrhein is entirely surrounded by Switzerland. There is a sculpture of a giant three-legged chair in Geneva, Switzerland, called “The Broken Chair.” It is dedicated to the opposition of use of landmines. In 1802 the Swiss fought a war called Stecklikrieg with wooden clubs against France because Napoleon had taken away their weapons. The Swiss version of Santa Claus is usually accompanied by a strange-looking individual with a blacked-out face whose job it is to beat naughty children with sticks. The guy’s name is Schmutzli, which roughly translates to “Dirty.” The Dalai Lama owns the smallest vineyard in the world, which is located in Switzerland. It consists of only three vines and has an area of 6.4 square miles (1.67 square meters). In Switzerland, naked hiking is alarmingly popular, even in winter, and many Swiss bathing areas have FKK (Freikorperkultur, or “Free Body Culture”), or nudist, sections. The BBC once pulled an April fool’s Day prank, fooling hundreds of thousands of British citizens into thinking spaghetti was harvested from “spaghetti trees” in Switzerland. One of the contests in the herdsmen’s (Schwingen) festival in Switzerland is the throwing of a 185-lb, egg-shaped granite boulder called the Unspunnen stone. The dates upon the rock commemorate the first Unspunnen Festival and its 100th anniversary. Heidi, one of the most famous children’s books ever written, by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, has been translated into over 50 languages and been adapted for film or television about 20 times. Interesting Heidi Fact Heidi is one of the best-known works of Swiss literature (Adrian Michael / Creative Commons) The French, under Napoleon Bonaparte, are the only nation to conquer Switzerland. In 1864, hotel pioneer Johannes Badrutt opened the first winter resort in St. Moritz. It is considered the oldest ski resort in the world. He offered his guest free accommodations if the winter weather was bad. The town has hosted the Winter Olympics twice in 1928 and 1948. Luge was invented in the 1870s by a Swiss entrepreneur named Caspar Badrutt, who was looking for activities to entice travelers to his hotel in the winter. Luge has been an Olympic sport since 1964. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in Switzerland in 1989. It is believed that the Swiss musical form of yodeling began during the early Stone Age and has a long tradition outside of Switzerland as well. In Switzerland, it is said to have developed from a form of long-distance communication and cow-calls. Gruyère cheese comes from a village in Switzerland called Gruyères. There are allegedly 75 different Alpine scents in the cheese, including vanilla, orchid, violet, chestnut, mint, wood shavings, hazelnuts, and fresh grass among them. Two-thirds of Gruyère production is consumed in Switzerland; the European Union and North America eat the rest. At an altitude of 2,126 m, the Swiss village of Juf is the highest permanently inhabited village in Europe. Swiss actress Ursula Andress is most famous for her role in the very first James Bond film “Dr. No.” (Galería Elmyr.tif / Creative Commons) Swiss actress Ursula Andress is most famous for her role in the very first James Bond film “Dr. No.” The famous bikini she wore became the most expensive in the world when it was auctioned in London in 2001 and sold for 98,700 francs.[18] Of the 800 or so films produced each year by India’s movie-making industry, or Bollywood, more of them are shot in Switzerland than in any other country. Biel is Switzerland’s only official bilingual town because its citizens are more or less evenly distributed between French speakers and German speakers. Some interesting variations on skiing have developed in Switzerland, including ski-joring, where the skier is pulled along on skis behind a horse, jeep, or even airplane, and ski gliding, where a hang glider takes off with skis attached to his or her feet and uses skis to assist in landing. Tobogganing was a sport invented in Switzerland in the late 19th century. The first toboggan run was created in 1885 by a group of vacationers from England. In 1928, the Winter Olympics were held in St. Moritz, and the toboggan run was one of the events. The Nestlé Company, started by Swiss businessman Henri Nestlé in 1867, buys up almost ten percent of the world’s coffee and cacao bean crops by itself annually. It also created Nescafe, the world’s first instant coffee in 1938. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s largest meringue was baked in 1985 in Frutal, Switzerland. It consisted of 2500 eggs and 265 lbs (120 kg) of sugar, and it had to be baked in specially adapted sauna and was then served with 21 gallons (80 L) of cream. It was polished off by locals in less than 3 hours. Switzerland has one of the highest doctors to patients’ ratios in the world, with well over 23,000 general practitioners and specialists for the country’s 7.3 million inhabitants. There is one doctor for every 654 Swiss in urban areas and one doctor for every 1,000 people in the rural areas. The Rolex Company invented the first waterproof watch in Switzerland in 1927. The huge Swiss alpenhorn can apparently be heard from 8 miles away The Swiss alpenhorn was originally used as a call to battle or warning of fire in the high mountain districts of Switzerland. When the wind is right, it can apparently be heard for up to eight miles away. It originated in northern Asia and was brought to Europe by nomadic tribes. It was first used to play tunes at the end of the 18th century. Lantal Textiles in Switzerland make the fabrics and window coverings for Air Force One and the carpets in the official plane flown by Queen Elizabeth II. Two out of every three airline seats are covered by Lantal fabric, and the company supplies more than 300 of the world’s airlines. In Switzerland, it is legal to use and grow marijuana, but it is against the law to sell it. The country also has one of the highest rates of cannabis use in the world. It’s estimated that about 600,000 users smoke through 100 tons of hash and marijuana each year. In Zurich, there are big, yellow vending machines that sell safe, government-subsidized syringes to heroin junkies.
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Post by Patricia on Feb 20, 2018 14:55:05 GMT
At least it's a very beautiful tree you must be proud.
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An autonomous tree and REM?
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Post by Beerfish on Feb 20, 2018 15:37:29 GMT
Well cheese, chocolate, watches and yodelling festivals. Switz is #1 in my books!
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Feb 20, 2018 17:48:36 GMT
An autonomous tree and REM? Automatic for the Treeple
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Post by KrrKs on Feb 20, 2018 18:32:25 GMT
Teaching in Switzerland is one of the highest paid occupations. As of 2014, the average salary for a Swiss teacher was US $68,000 per year. And yet you still refuse to use the 'ß' -letter in written German, resulting in mass confusion whenever its not entirely clear whether to use a 'Maße' -> 'Masse' in swiss-german (measure) or 'Masse' (mass). Grüße vom Nachbarn!
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Post by Beerfish on Feb 20, 2018 19:33:00 GMT
I'm sorry but things were going so well until you inserted 'kale' into it! Kale is the Devils vegetable.
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Post by larsdt on Feb 20, 2018 20:34:31 GMT
A place called Mill Hill (rough translation) is it's highest point at 171 meters/561 ft. No place in the country is more than 30 miles/50 km from the sea.
We have more than twice as many bicycles as cars. We charge a tax/VAT of 180% on all new car purchases. A drivers licence cost about 2.000 USD.
The combined energy output of our wind mills is about 120% of our energy consumption, meaning we are able to export energy to our neighboring countries.
Our capitol features the longest pedestrian-only street in the world; 2 miles/3,2 km
Our best known commercial success is LEGO. 320 billion bricks have been sold since production began in 1958. More recent successes are Skype and Bluetooth. We have 2,31 pigs per person.
In 1969 we became the 1st country to legalize pornography. We were the first country in the world to grant legal recognition to same-sex unions, in the form of “registered partnerships”, in 1989.
It is illegal to burn foreign flags but not our own flag.
We hold the largest 4th of July celebration outside the U.S.
The Sirius Sledge Patrol patrolling the Arctic wilderness of northeast Greenland is considered to have the toughest enrollment requirements in our army, on par with the Navy Seals. And don't call Greenland natives Eskimos. It is considered racist.
Name dropping: Niels Bohr, best known for his contributions in quantum physics. Hans Christian Andersen, writer of tales as "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Little Mermaid". Lars Ulrich, Metallica drummer. Jørn Utzon architect of the Sidney Opera House.
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Post by sjpelke on Feb 20, 2018 21:36:38 GMT
I'm sorry but things were going so well until you inserted 'kale' into it! Kale is the Devils vegetable. I always make it myself with deep frozen kale since the fresh one smells like liturally if you cook it . The end result, if the stew is mixed with rich brown sauce tho and crispy bacon, is yum! Beerfish, you might like the sweet stamppot with brown sauce and a spicy meat tho, we call ´wortelenstamp` or ´hutspot´ which has carrots in it images.smulweb.nl/recepten/200501/1106853/high_res/hutspot_met_hachee.jpg
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Post by henkiedepost on Feb 20, 2018 21:43:07 GMT
Meh, Boerenkool is terrible. Team Hutspot for life!
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Post by Patricia on Feb 21, 2018 9:40:34 GMT
Well cheese, chocolate, watches and yodelling festivals. Switz is #1 in my books! Thank you here just pick a few.
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Post by Patricia on Feb 21, 2018 10:07:06 GMT
Teaching in Switzerland is one of the highest paid occupations. As of 2014, the average salary for a Swiss teacher was US $68,000 per year. And yet you still refuse to use the 'ß' -letter in written German, resulting in mass confusion whenever its not entirely clear whether to use a 'Maße' -> 'Masse' in swiss-german (measure) or 'Masse' (mass). Grüße vom Nachbarn! Haha yep we can also be quite stubborn. Und ich grüße dich.
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Post by larsdt on Feb 24, 2018 7:33:03 GMT
We have been at war with Canada since 1973! This war has been largely ignored by global media. However, it is still fiercely fought in the icy strait between Canada and Greenland. The border between Canada and Greenland was established in 1973 except for this island named Hans which lies smack dab in the middle of Canadian and Greenland territorial waters. It was initially occupied by Canadian forces who planted their flag alongside a bottle of whiskey, symbolizing Canadian supremacy. We launched a daring counter attack, removing the flag and replaced the whiskey with a bottle of schnapps. This spirited dispute has continued for almost half a century with lots of liquor spent on both sides but mark my words Canadians, we will endure
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Post by mousestalker on Feb 24, 2018 15:30:21 GMT
The very best kind of war. If only we could extend the trend...
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Feb 25, 2018 13:28:03 GMT
The very best kind of war. If only we could extend the trend... We had an ant-battle between pharaoh ants and kind of black ants in the house like 6 years ago. The black ants lost and were massacred. It was an unfortunate event cuz since then the pharaoh ants have dominated the house and they can reach almost 95% of places. They don't show up at winters tho. something like that!
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Post by Sifr on Feb 26, 2018 23:40:15 GMT
How the English consolidate their passive-aggressiveness, pessimism and reluctant acceptance into a simple declaration; *Tuts* "Typical!"
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Post by OneWomanArmy on Feb 27, 2018 7:39:15 GMT
Hmmmm about Denmark... what to say... 3 things or facts.. It’s cold, people has the best humor in the world and lastly most are so carefree that they dress and do whatever the hell they like without caring about what anyone else thinks about them. I love that one, it means you’re free to be yourself no matter what. There’s a lot more to say ofc like how free most are around nudity lol, not all mind you and how sex is very openly discussed but that would mean more than “3 facts” this thread says and I’m kinda too lazy right now to type more sooo...
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Post by Patricia on Feb 27, 2018 8:05:24 GMT
Hmmmm about Denmark... what to say... 3 things or facts.. It’s cold, people has the best humor in the world and lastly most are so carefree that they dress and do whatever the hell they like without caring about what anyone else thinks about them. I love that one, it means you’re free to be yourself no matter what. There’s a lot more to say ofc like how free most are around nudity lol, not all mind you and how sex is very openly discussed but that would mean more than “3 facts” this thread says and I’m kinda too lazy right now to type more sooo... Common OWA you can do better then that here are some other facts about your country ... just a few : Denmark most likely means “Land of the Danes.” The first mention of the name of the kingdom Denmark comes from about A.D. 900 in King Alfred the Great of England’s translation of Orosius’ Geography. In Denmark, it rains or snows every second day. On average, Denmark has 171 days with precipitation of more than 0.004 in. (0.1 mm). In 2009, Denmark had 184 days of precipitation. Denmark can be windy. The average wind speed is a breezy 13 miles per hour (5.8 m/sec). During Hurricane Allan on October 28, 2013, record-breaking wind speeds of 88 miles per hour (142 km/h) and gusts of 119 miles per hour (193 km/h) were registered. Denmark is an archipelago made up of over 100 islands, some of which are not even inhabited. The Danish monarchy is the oldest continuing monarchy in the world and has existed for over 1,000 years. There are more than two times as many bicycles as cars in Denmark Denmark has more than twice the amount of bicycles (4.2 million) than cars (1.8 million). Copenhageners pedal more than 1.13 million km on their bicycles each day. Denmark is reported to be the happiest country in the world. As of 2013, Denmark has 14 Nobel laureates, mainly in literature (4) and physiology/medicine (5). With its relatively small population, this is one of the highest numbers of Nobel laureates per capita in the world. Princess Mary, the wife of Danish Crown Prince Frederik, originally hails from Tasmania, Australia. Scandinavians, including Danes, are the world’s highest per-capital consumers of coffee, with Danes (who drink an average of four cups a day) coming in third after Sweden and Finland. Greenland is the world’s largest island, assuming Australia is a continent, and has a total area of 840,000 square miles (2,175,600 sq km). About 80% of Greenland is covered by a huge ice-sheet that is up to 2 miles (3 km) thick. Since 1953, it has been declared a part of the territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Denmark is considered the “least corrupt” country in the world. Denmark has 7,314 miles (11,771 km) of coastline, which is longer than the Great Wall of China and equals almost 1.5 meters of coast per Danish citizen. In Denmark, age is no barrier to love. In 2009, the oldest Danish bride was 94 years old while her groom was over 100 years. The youngest Danish bride was 19 while her groom was 18 years old. Practically all Danes know how to swim, and swimming lessons are part of the compulsory curriculum in all state schools. In Denmark, pornography can be purchased at the local petrol station. One-fifth of all Danish families are affected by crime each year. The numbers of reported crimes have more than tripled in the last 30 years to over half a million per year, especially violent crime, break-ins, and petty theft. Pedophiles are considered sick people in Denmark that should be helped rather than punished. They have registered societies in Denmark and meet in municipal clubhouses to discuss their common interest and exchange experiences. Denmark actually has a place to surf called Cold Hawaii, and it is one of the best beaches in Scandinavia for surfing. Three Danish films have sold over 1 million tickets each, and all three of them were action comedies about a gang called Olsen Banden (Olsen Gang). The foreign film seen by most Danes ever is Titanic, with 1.4 million tickets sold. The Lego was invented in Denmark. The name Lego® is an abbreviation of two Danish words leg godt, meaning “play well.” The company was started in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. Lego began producing its iconic bricks in 1958. For more than 60 years, over 320 billion Lego bricks have been sold worldwide—nearly 60 bricks for every human on the planet. On the Faroe Islands, which have been a self-governing part of Denmark since 1948, men outnumber women by 2,000, and in order to sustain the population, men have resorted to importing brides from other countries, especially Thailand. No place in Denmark is more than 30 miles (50 km) from the sea. Denmark physically borders only one other country, Germany. The Danish pastry that the world has come to know was introduced to Denmark in 1870s, when striking bread makers were replaced by Viennese immigrant bakers, with their repertoire of sweet breads, cakes, and puff pastries. In Denmark, these pastries are known as Wienerbrod (Viennese bread). Lars Ulrich, the drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica, was born in Denmark. The Great Dane breed of dog originally came from Germany and not from Denmark. Danish Lurpak® butter is world famous. It can be bought in stores in more than 100 countries worldwide. The English are famous for their love of bacon, which they began importing from Denmark in 1867. The Danish alphabet has three letters not found in the English alphabet: Æ, Ø, Å. All three are vowels and come after the letter Z in the alphabet. Danes are certified foodies. They are the fifth largest exporter of food in the world, despite their small population. The Danes have a term Janteloven (The Law of Jante), created in 1933 by a Danish/Norwegian writer. It is often quoted in public debate in Denmark and consists of “Ten Commandments,” all boiling down to “You are no better than I am.” Denmark is said to be the hardest country in the world to save money in. In Denmark, the largest family-owned fortune belongs to Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller and his family, of Mærsk and A.P. Møller fame. Their container ships with the white-and-blue star logo can be seen in ports all over the world, and the family fortune is reported to be in excess of US$30.3 billion. Strøget in Copenhagen is the longest pedestrian-only street in the world Copenhagen’s Strøget, at almost 2 miles (3.2 km) long, is the oldest and longest pedestrian street in the world. Janus Friis, the Danish IT entrepreneur who developed the Internet telephone company Skype out of nothing, sold it to Microsoft Corporation for $8.5 billion USD in 2011. Danish inventor Jens Olsen spent 27 years building the World Clock in Copenhagen. It began keeping time in 1955 and will supposedly be able to accurately keep time for the next 570,000 years. Soccer is Denmark’s favorite and national sport. The Danish football team became known worldwide through a gutsy performance in the 1986 World Cup and they followed it up when they became 1992 European champions. Cyclist Bjarne Riis is the only Dane to win the Tour de France, in 1996, although a later admission of drug abuse cast a shadow over his exceptional performance. Popular Danish candy manufacturer Bon Bon is famous among Danish children for marketing its products under names like “gull droppings,” “burping duck,” and “rich swine.” Helle Thorning-Schmidt, elected on October 3, 2011, is Denmark’s current and first female prime minister. Denmark is famous for its liberalism, and this is best illustrated by “Christiania,” a hippy commune that sprung up in 1971. Allowed to remain a social experiment, it is still inhabited by about 900 people seeking an alternative lifestyle. Dane are relaxed when it comes to issues such as marriage. The country’s divorce rate is one of the highest in Europe, and nearly 20% of Danish couples cohabitate without ever getting married in what are called “paperless marriages.” Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is one of the most important philosophers of the 19th century and is known as the “Father of Existentialism,” which describes human life in terms of ethics, aesthetics, and religion. The United States bought the Virgin Islands, part of the West Indies, from Denmark in 1917. Walt Disney visited Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen once and was so inspired that he decided to create something similar in America: Disneyland. Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens helped inspire the creation of Disneyland The Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica dinner service, decorated with floral designs copied from the Flora Danica Encyclopedia of plants, was ordered in 1790 by King Christian VII as a gift for Tsarina Catherine II (Catherine the Great) of Russia. However, she died while the service was being made, and Christian VII kept the service for himself. It was used for the first time in 1803 during a reception to celebrate the king’s 37th birthday, and over 1,500 of the original 1,802 pieces survive to this day. Karen Blixen, also known by her nom de plume Isak Dinesen, may be Denmark’s most famous author. The most colorful period of her life was her stay in Kenya at the age of 28 on her husband’s coffee plantation. While in Kenya, she wrote Seven Gothic Tales and her best-known work, Out of Africa, which was first published in 1937. It was originally written in English and then translated by Karen Blixen herself into Danish. William Shakespeare set his famous play Hamlet at Elsinore Castle, which is directly modeled on Denmark’s KronborgCastle. Hamlet may have been inspired by Amleth, a Viking whose story is told by the 12th century Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Historia Danica (History of Denmark). Shakespeare never traveled to Kronborg himself, but he may have come across the classic tale of murder and revenge via Francois Belleforest’s Histoires Tragiques, published in 1570. The larger of Denmark’s two Jelling stones is known as “Denmark’s Birth Certificate.” It was erected in A.D. 965 by Harald I (Bluetooth) in honor of his parents, King Gorm and Queen Thyra. The inscription on the stone contains the first written record in which the word "Denmark" appears. On Denmark's Faroe Islands, there are twice as many sheep as people. Copenhagen was a fishing colony until 1157, when Valdemar the Great gave it to Bishop Absalon, who built a castle on what is now Christiansborg. It was originally called Købmændenes havn (Merchants’ Harbor) and eventually became København. In the 15th century, Copenhagen became the royal residence and capital of Denmark and Sweden.a Denmark's flag is the oldest one in use by an independent country Denmark’s national flag, the Dannebrog (the flag of the Danes), is the oldest flag in the world still in use by an independent nation, having been acknowledged in 1219. According to legend, the Dannebrog fell from the sky during an early 13th century battle, and the Danish king caught it before it touched the ground, which rallied the Danish troops to victory. In actuality, the Dannebrog may have derived from a Crusader banner or ensign. Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen’s best known attraction, was established in the 1840s, when Danish architect George Carstensen persuaded a worried King Christian VIII to let him build an amusement park on the edge of the city’s fortifications, rationalizing that “when people amuse themselves, they forget politics.” Denmark is the world’s biggest producer of ranched minks. Dyrehavsbakken, or Bakken, located within Denmark's peaceful Dyrehaven, is the world’s oldest amusement park About two-thirds of all Danes have a surname ending in –sen. Today, on the list of most common Danish surnames, no less than the 21 top names end with –sen, and out of the top 50 names, only five are not –sen names. Up until a few generations ago, only wealthy or aristocratic Danes got to have a family surname. However, in 1856, Denmark passed a law that all citizens should be identified by two names, one being a family surname, so most people ended up having a surname ending in –sen. Arguably the most famous Danish scientist is nuclear physicist Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel Prize in 1922 for his work on atomic particles. Bohr went to the United States in 1942 and worked on the Atomic Bomb project. Bohr’s son Aage also won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1975.[ Holger Danske is a mythological Danish warrior believed to have lived around A.D. 750. A statue of him is sleeping in the basement of Kronborg Castle. The legend goes that Holger Danske will awaken and save the nation when it is in peril.[20] Gracefully curving lur horns, found in Denmark, are the world’s oldest surviving musical instrument. Some date to the Bronze Age. The first Danish newspaper was founded in 1666 and written entirely in verse. The oldest of the existing newspapers, Berlingske Tidende (Berling’s Times), was founded by a Copenhagen printer in 1749. Denmark has an unusual institution in the folkehøjskolerne (folk high school), which is a kind of college often situated in the countryside, and adults aged 18 to 24 are welcome to join. The first one was opened in the 19th century by Bishop Grundtvig, and its aim is to provide a general education for adults. Subjects such as Danish, Danish history, world history, literature, politics, religion, and psychology are taught with no examinations. The writer of fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen is probably the most famous Dane. He was born in 1805 into a poor family in the town of Odense on the island of Funen. At age 30, he published an unassuming manuscript titled Fairytales for Children. He wrote 24 fairytale “booklets” in all, the last just three years before his death in 1875. The tombstone of the fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen reads "digteren" or "poet" at the top Hans Christian Andersen carried with him some unusual pieces of equipment when he traveled, including a rope in case fire broke out and he was forced to escape through a window. He never married and he died in 1875. His gravestone in a Copenhagen Cemetery reads simply “The Poet.” The word "Viking" probably comes from the Old Norse word vik (creek) and seems to mean “men of the creeks,” or sea warriors from the inlets and bays of Scandinavia. The Danes and Norwegians were known to mainly raid Britain and the French coast, although some Vikings traveled round the coast of Spain into the Mediterranean and others went to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. Traces of Danish occupation of the north and east of England survive in the names of over 2,000 town and villages which are of Scandinavian origin, such as places with names ending in –toft (homestead), -thorpe (hamlet), -beck (stream), -by (town), and -wick (creek). Even though Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II, King Christian X rode through the streets of Copenhagen every day to inspire courage in his people, despite the danger of being caught in an occasional burst of gunfire. The M/S Selandia (named after the Danish island Sjælland) celebrated her centenary on February 17, 2012. Ordered by the East Asiatic Company and built in Denmark, she was the world’s first ocean-going diesel engine ship, revolutionizing the international shipping industry. Danish polar explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen was the first European man to cross the Northwest Passage by dog sled. .
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