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Elvis Presley was named an official citizen of Budapest in 2011 and also has a landmark commemorating him. He was an unlikely hero for the Hungarian people during the 1956 Uprising, when he sang “Peace in the Valley” on U.S. national TV to bring attention to the Revolution. Elvis Presley Boulevard is a dirt road on the outskirts of Budapest.
The Volkswagen Beetle was actually created by Hungarian-born engineer Béla Barényi in 1938. He was the inventor of 2,500 inventions in the automobile industry, including Passive Safety in 1951 which divided the car into three collision zones. Crash tests are still associated with his name.
The Hungarianword for barbecue is szalonnasütés, which means “bacon cooking,” because the traditional way to cook bacon in Hungary is to hold a piece over an open fire while it cooks.
Hungarians broke the Guinness World Record for simultaneous kissing when more than 6,400 couples locked lips outside Budapest’s parliament building in 2007.
In 1946, Hungary issued bank notes with a face value of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one quintillion) pengö—the world’s highest denomination ever.
Wine has been produced in Hungary since the 5th century A.D. In 1737, King Karoly named the Tokaj wine region a national wine area, making it the world’s first official wine region, almost 120 years before France’s Bordeaux.
There is a legend in Budapest that says if you touch the pen of an anonymous statue which sits in a park near the Heroes Square, then you could become a great writer. The statue looks a little like the grim reaper, but is said to be the chronicler of Hungarian King Béla.
Italy has the most UNESCO World Heritage sites in the world. Italy and China take the crown as the countries with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world. As the birthplace of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, Italy has an abundance of culture: 50 of its 55 sites are cultural and 5 are natural.
All three of Europe's active volcanoes are in Italy. Three of Italy's volcanoes have erupted in the last hundred years: Mount Etna, on Sicily (continuous activity) Stromboli, one of the Aeolian Islands (continuous activity) and Mount Vesuvius near Naples. Stromboli explosively erupted on 28 August 2019, after two major explosive eruptions on 3 July 2019, the cause of one fatality. One of the Vesuvius’s eruptions is linked to the destruction of Pompei in 79 AD.
Italians consume 14 billion espressos each year. It is well-known Italians love their coffee. It is an impressive number for a country with a population of 60 million. Most Italians drink their daily coffee in local cafés and over 20,000 Italians work as baristas. Many people also get their fix at home, with the average household consuming 37kg of coffee each year.
You can find the world’s smallest country inside Italy. One of the tiniest fun facts about Italy is that there’s a whole other country inside it! Spanning just 44 hectares, the Vatican City is around one-eighth the size of New York’s Central Park. This makes it the smallest country in the world.
Italy is the world’s largest wine producer. This fun fact about Italy may entice wine-lovers to visit. The country produced an enormous 54,800 hectolitres of wine in 2018, just beating out France at 49,000 hectolitres.
Tourists throw €1,000,000 into the Trevi fountain each year. Roughly €3,000 of change is thrown in the Trevi Fountain every day – that's a million pounds a year. It is then collected and donated to charity.
The Sistine chapel welcomes over 20,000 visitors per day. Painted by Michelangelo in 1512, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous monuments in the world.
Nigeria is the second largest movie industry in the world, yes its bigger that Hollywood, Nollywood produce more than 10,000 movies per year.
Nigeria have 250 ethnic groups and they all have a distinct culture and tradition.
500 different languages are spoken in Nigeria. Some of the major languages are Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, even though English serves as the official language.
Nigeriais home to the richest man in Africa. He is Aliko Dangote a Nigerian businessman with a net worth of at least 17.4 billion USD.
Over 200 million people live in Nigeriawhich makes Nigeria one of the most populous countries in the world. In 2020, it is ranked as the 6th most populated country in the world.
In Nigeria the majority of the people are either Muslims (50%) or Christians (40%) of the total population.
7% of the total languages spoken in the world are spoken in Nigeria.
Nigeria'sThird Mainland Bridge is the largest bridge in Africa.
Nigeriais divided into 36 states.
It is thought that the area surrounding Calabar has the world’s most diverse species of butterflies
The Yoruba group of Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world. It is believed by some that the group’s consumption of yams contributes to this.
Nigeria'snickname is “Giant of Africa” because of the size of its land and the diversity of its people.
Travel Visa was not required to travel to the United Kingdom till 1984.
1st Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi hid former South African President, Nelson Mandela, for six months in Nigeria to evade his arrest by the apartheid regime.
The 2006 Census found Nigerians to be the highest educated ethnic or racial group in America.
Wole Soyinka is a Nigeria Nobel laureate. He wrote ‘Telephone Conversation!
The jet engine used by modern airplanes was invented by Bucharest-born inventor Henri Coanda. Romanian inventor and aerodynamics pioneer, Henri Coanda designed and built in 1910 the world's first jet powered aircraft, known as the Coanda - 1910, which he demonstrated publicly at the second International Aeronautic Salon in Paris. Romania's main international airport, Bucharest Otopeni - Henri Coanda, is named after the great inventor.
The tallest wooden church in the world, and the second-tallest wooden structure in Europe, can be found in Sapanta Peri - Maramures (northwestern Romania). A 23-feet cross that weighs 1,000 lbs tops the 257-feet tall church which is dedicated to St. Michael.
The Black Church has the largest organ in Europe with 4000 tubes (built by Buchholz, Berlin's famous organ builder, in 1836) as well as the largest bell in Romania, weighting 41,000 lbs (6.3 tons).